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.

post hole auger

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Alton Coleman · Plumbing and Electrical - Augers

Day
$175
Week
$420
28 days
$850

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $420.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $2,625. On the 28-day rate it is $850.

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 post hole auger, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$175$175—day
2$350$350—day
3$525$420you save $105week
4$700$420you save $280week
5$875$420you save $455week
6$1,050$420you save $630week
7$1,225$420you save $805week
8$1,400$595you save $805week
9$1,575$770you save $805week
10$1,750$840you save $910week
11$1,925$840you save $1,085week
12$2,100$840you save $1,260week
13$2,275$840you save $1,435week
14$2,450$840you save $1,610week
15$2,625$850you save $1,77528-day
16$2,800$850you save $1,95028-day
17$2,975$850you save $2,12528-day
18$3,150$850you save $2,30028-day
19$3,325$850you save $2,47528-day
20$3,500$850you save $2,65028-day
21$3,675$850you save $2,82528-day
22$3,850$850you save $3,00028-day
23$4,025$850you save $3,17528-day
24$4,200$850you save $3,35028-day
25$4,375$850you save $3,52528-day
26$4,550$850you save $3,70028-day
27$4,725$850you save $3,87528-day
28$4,900$850you save $4,05028-day
29$5,075$1,025you save $4,050day
30$5,250$1,200you save $4,050day
31$5,425$1,270you save $4,155week
32$5,600$1,270you save $4,330week
33$5,775$1,270you save $4,505week
34$5,950$1,270you save $4,680week
35$6,125$1,270you save $4,855week

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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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.