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.

STIHL 12" Gas Powered Cut Off Saw

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XR LLC · Concrete - Cut-Off Saws

Day
$45
Week
$180
28 days
$540

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $225. On the week rate it is $180.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $810. On the 28-day rate it is $540.

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 STIHL 12" Gas Powered Cut Off Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$180—day
5$225$180you save $45week
6$270$180you save $90week
7$315$180you save $135week
8$360$225you save $135week
9$405$270you save $135week
10$450$315you save $135week
11$495$360you save $135week
12$540$360you save $180week
13$585$360you save $225week
14$630$360you save $270week
15$675$405you save $270week
16$720$450you save $270week
17$765$495you save $270week
18$810$540you save $27028-day
19$855$540you save $31528-day
20$900$540you save $36028-day
21$945$540you save $40528-day
22$990$540you save $45028-day
23$1,035$540you save $49528-day
24$1,080$540you save $54028-day
25$1,125$540you save $58528-day
26$1,170$540you save $63028-day
27$1,215$540you save $67528-day
28$1,260$540you save $72028-day
29$1,305$585you save $720day
30$1,350$630you save $720day
31$1,395$675you save $720day
32$1,440$720you save $720day
33$1,485$720you save $765week
34$1,530$720you save $810week
35$1,575$720you save $855week

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.