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.

Pierce Professional Framing Nailer

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Bryan Henson · Air Tools - Nailers

Day
$29.75
Week
$119
28 days
$357

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $148.75. On the week rate it is $119.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $535.50. On the 28-day rate it is $357.

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 Pierce Professional Framing Nailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$29.75$29.75—day
2$59.50$59.50—day
3$89.25$89.25—day
4$119$119—day
5$148.75$119you save $29.75week
6$178.50$119you save $59.50week
7$208.25$119you save $89.25week
8$238$148.75you save $89.25week
9$267.75$178.50you save $89.25week
10$297.50$208.25you save $89.25week
11$327.25$238you save $89.25week
12$357$238you save $119week
13$386.75$238you save $148.75week
14$416.50$238you save $178.50week
15$446.25$267.75you save $178.50week
16$476$297.50you save $178.50week
17$505.75$327.25you save $178.50week
18$535.50$357you save $178.5028-day
19$565.25$357you save $208.2528-day
20$595$357you save $23828-day
21$624.75$357you save $267.7528-day
22$654.50$357you save $297.5028-day
23$684.25$357you save $327.2528-day
24$714$357you save $35728-day
25$743.75$357you save $386.7528-day
26$773.50$357you save $416.5028-day
27$803.25$357you save $446.2528-day
28$833$357you save $47628-day
29$862.75$386.75you save $476day
30$892.50$416.50you save $476day
31$922.25$446.25you save $476day
32$952$476you save $476day
33$981.75$476you save $505.75week
34$1,011.50$476you save $535.50week
35$1,041.25$476you save $565.25week

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.