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 Corded 12” Miter Saw

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Samuel Tony · Saws - Mitre Saws

Day
$30
Week
$160
28 days
$450

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $160.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $570. On the 28-day rate it is $450.

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 Corded 12” Miter Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$150—day
6$180$160you save $20week
7$210$160you save $50week
8$240$190you save $50week
9$270$220you save $50week
10$300$250you save $50week
11$330$280you save $50week
12$360$310you save $50week
13$390$320you save $70week
14$420$320you save $100week
15$450$350you save $100week
16$480$380you save $100week
17$510$410you save $100week
18$540$440you save $100week
19$570$450you save $12028-day
20$600$450you save $15028-day
21$630$450you save $18028-day
22$660$450you save $21028-day
23$690$450you save $24028-day
24$720$450you save $27028-day
25$750$450you save $30028-day
26$780$450you save $33028-day
27$810$450you save $36028-day
28$840$450you save $39028-day
29$870$480you save $390day
30$900$510you save $390day
31$930$540you save $390day
32$960$570you save $390day
33$990$600you save $390day
34$1,020$610you save $410week
35$1,050$610you save $440week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$450
Rental protection (RPP)
$67.50
Service fee
$45
Estimated total
$562.50

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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.