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.

Tiller

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Mannaleto Gilmore · Tillers - Rear Tine Tillers - Gasoline

Day
$65
Week
$400
28 days
$1,400

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $455. On the week rate it is $400.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $1,625. On the 28-day rate it is $1,400.

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 Tiller, 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$260—day
5$325$325—day
6$390$390—day
7$455$400you save $55week
8$520$465you save $55week
9$585$530you save $55week
10$650$595you save $55week
11$715$660you save $55week
12$780$725you save $55week
13$845$790you save $55week
14$910$800you save $110week
15$975$865you save $110week
16$1,040$930you save $110week
17$1,105$995you save $110week
18$1,170$1,060you save $110week
19$1,235$1,125you save $110week
20$1,300$1,190you save $110week
21$1,365$1,200you save $165week
22$1,430$1,265you save $165week
23$1,495$1,330you save $165week
24$1,560$1,395you save $165week
25$1,625$1,400you save $22528-day
26$1,690$1,400you save $29028-day
27$1,755$1,400you save $35528-day
28$1,820$1,400you save $42028-day
29$1,885$1,465you save $420day
30$1,950$1,530you save $420day
31$2,015$1,595you save $420day
32$2,080$1,660you save $420day
33$2,145$1,725you save $420day
34$2,210$1,790you save $420day
35$2,275$1,800you save $475week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 25 days
$1,400
Rental protection (RPP)
$210
Service fee
$140
Estimated total
$1,750

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.