Break-even duration

Equipment rents on three rates — a day rate, a week rate and a 28-day rate — and the cheapest one changes as the job runs long. This finds the two days where it changes, on a real listing’s real published rates.

Husqvarna Weed Whacker

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Ramon Rivera · Brush Mower

Day
$39
Week
$156
28 days
$485

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $195. On the week rate it is $156.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $858. On the 28-day rate it is $485.

The working

Whole weeks bill at the week rate; the leftover days bill at the day rate but never add up to more than one extra week; and a whole 28-day cycle never costs more than the 28-day rate. That is the rule, applied one day at a time.

Rental price by duration for Husqvarna Weed Whacker, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$39$39—day
2$78$78—day
3$117$117—day
4$156$156—day
5$195$156you save $39week
6$234$156you save $78week
7$273$156you save $117week
8$312$195you save $117week
9$351$234you save $117week
10$390$273you save $117week
11$429$312you save $117week
12$468$312you save $156week
13$507$312you save $195week
14$546$312you save $234week
15$585$351you save $234week
16$624$390you save $234week
17$663$429you save $234week
18$702$468you save $234week
19$741$468you save $273week
20$780$468you save $312week
21$819$468you save $351week
22$858$485you save $37328-day
23$897$485you save $41228-day
24$936$485you save $45128-day
25$975$485you save $49028-day
26$1,014$485you save $52928-day
27$1,053$485you save $56828-day
28$1,092$485you save $60728-day
29$1,131$524you save $607day
30$1,170$563you save $607day
31$1,209$602you save $607day
32$1,248$641you save $607day
33$1,287$641you save $646week
34$1,326$641you save $685week
35$1,365$641you save $724week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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Where these numbers come from

The rates are the operator’s own, read live from their listing. The arithmetic is the same best-price billing engine that produces 2Quip invoices — not a second copy written for this page — run on the industry-standard terms: a 28-day cycle, whole weeks at the week rate, leftover days at the day rate capped at one more week.

An operator can agree different terms on an individual rental, and a long rental bills per 28-day cycle rather than in one lump. So treat this as what the rate card says, and the operator’s quote as what you are agreeing to.