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.

Van Mark TrimMaster 2 8' Siding Brake

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Anthony Smith

Day
$80
Week
$342
28 days
$960

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $400. On the week rate it is $342.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,440. On the 28-day rate it is $960.

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 Van Mark TrimMaster 2 8' Siding Brake, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$80$80—day
2$160$160—day
3$240$240—day
4$320$320—day
5$400$342you save $58week
6$480$342you save $138week
7$560$342you save $218week
8$640$422you save $218week
9$720$502you save $218week
10$800$582you save $218week
11$880$662you save $218week
12$960$684you save $276week
13$1,040$684you save $356week
14$1,120$684you save $436week
15$1,200$764you save $436week
16$1,280$844you save $436week
17$1,360$924you save $436week
18$1,440$960you save $48028-day
19$1,520$960you save $56028-day
20$1,600$960you save $64028-day
21$1,680$960you save $72028-day
22$1,760$960you save $80028-day
23$1,840$960you save $88028-day
24$1,920$960you save $96028-day
25$2,000$960you save $1,04028-day
26$2,080$960you save $1,12028-day
27$2,160$960you save $1,20028-day
28$2,240$960you save $1,28028-day
29$2,320$1,040you save $1,280day
30$2,400$1,120you save $1,280day
31$2,480$1,200you save $1,280day
32$2,560$1,280you save $1,280day
33$2,640$1,302you save $1,338week
34$2,720$1,302you save $1,418week
35$2,800$1,302you save $1,498week

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.