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.

tow-behind lawn spreader

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Thomas Flansburg · Fertilizer Spreaders - Manual Push

Day
$35
Week
$250
28 days
$350

Daily stops winning on

Never, on this card

Seven days at the day rate still cost less than the week rate on this card.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $350. On the 28-day rate it is $350.

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 tow-behind lawn spreader, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$35$35—day
2$70$70—day
3$105$105—day
4$140$140—day
5$175$175—day
6$210$210—day
7$245$250costs $5 moreweek
8$280$285costs $5 moreweek
9$315$320costs $5 moreweek
10$350$350—28-day
11$385$350you save $3528-day
12$420$350you save $7028-day
13$455$350you save $10528-day
14$490$350you save $14028-day
15$525$350you save $17528-day
16$560$350you save $21028-day
17$595$350you save $24528-day
18$630$350you save $28028-day
19$665$350you save $31528-day
20$700$350you save $35028-day
21$735$350you save $38528-day
22$770$350you save $42028-day
23$805$350you save $45528-day
24$840$350you save $49028-day
25$875$350you save $52528-day
26$910$350you save $56028-day
27$945$350you save $59528-day
28$980$350you save $63028-day
29$1,015$385you save $630day
30$1,050$420you save $630day
31$1,085$455you save $630day
32$1,120$490you save $630day
33$1,155$525you save $630day
34$1,190$560you save $630day
35$1,225$600you save $625week

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.