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.

bush hog

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Christopher Martin · Brush Mower

Day
$100
Week
$250
28 days
$525

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $250.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,500. On the 28-day rate it is $525.

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 bush hog, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$100$100—day
2$200$200—day
3$300$250you save $50week
4$400$250you save $150week
5$500$250you save $250week
6$600$250you save $350week
7$700$250you save $450week
8$800$350you save $450week
9$900$450you save $450week
10$1,000$500you save $500week
11$1,100$500you save $600week
12$1,200$500you save $700week
13$1,300$500you save $800week
14$1,400$500you save $900week
15$1,500$525you save $97528-day
16$1,600$525you save $1,07528-day
17$1,700$525you save $1,17528-day
18$1,800$525you save $1,27528-day
19$1,900$525you save $1,37528-day
20$2,000$525you save $1,47528-day
21$2,100$525you save $1,57528-day
22$2,200$525you save $1,67528-day
23$2,300$525you save $1,77528-day
24$2,400$525you save $1,87528-day
25$2,500$525you save $1,97528-day
26$2,600$525you save $2,07528-day
27$2,700$525you save $2,17528-day
28$2,800$525you save $2,27528-day
29$2,900$625you save $2,275day
30$3,000$725you save $2,275day
31$3,100$775you save $2,325week
32$3,200$775you save $2,425week
33$3,300$775you save $2,525week
34$3,400$775you save $2,625week
35$3,500$775you save $2,725week

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.