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.

Ridgid 700 Power Drive Pipe Threader

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Josh Johnson · Plumbing and Electrical - Threading Equipment

Day
$65
Week
$195
28 days
$585

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $260. On the week rate it is $195.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,105. On the 28-day rate it is $585.

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 Ridgid 700 Power Drive Pipe Threader, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$65$65—day
2$130$130—day
3$195$195—day
4$260$195you save $65week
5$325$195you save $130week
6$390$195you save $195week
7$455$195you save $260week
8$520$260you save $260week
9$585$325you save $260week
10$650$390you save $260week
11$715$390you save $325week
12$780$390you save $390week
13$845$390you save $455week
14$910$390you save $520week
15$975$455you save $520week
16$1,040$520you save $520week
17$1,105$585you save $52028-day
18$1,170$585you save $58528-day
19$1,235$585you save $65028-day
20$1,300$585you save $71528-day
21$1,365$585you save $78028-day
22$1,430$585you save $84528-day
23$1,495$585you save $91028-day
24$1,560$585you save $97528-day
25$1,625$585you save $1,04028-day
26$1,690$585you save $1,10528-day
27$1,755$585you save $1,17028-day
28$1,820$585you save $1,23528-day
29$1,885$650you save $1,235day
30$1,950$715you save $1,235day
31$2,015$780you save $1,235day
32$2,080$780you save $1,300week
33$2,145$780you save $1,365week
34$2,210$780you save $1,430week
35$2,275$780you save $1,495week

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.