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.

calico 2 horse slant

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Eduardo Alvarez

Day
$64
Week
$319
28 days
$957

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $320. On the week rate it is $319.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,216. On the 28-day rate it is $957.

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 calico 2 horse slant, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$64$64—day
2$128$128—day
3$192$192—day
4$256$256—day
5$320$319you save $1week
6$384$319you save $65week
7$448$319you save $129week
8$512$383you save $129week
9$576$447you save $129week
10$640$511you save $129week
11$704$575you save $129week
12$768$638you save $130week
13$832$638you save $194week
14$896$638you save $258week
15$960$702you save $258week
16$1,024$766you save $258week
17$1,088$830you save $258week
18$1,152$894you save $258week
19$1,216$957you save $25928-day
20$1,280$957you save $32328-day
21$1,344$957you save $38728-day
22$1,408$957you save $45128-day
23$1,472$957you save $51528-day
24$1,536$957you save $57928-day
25$1,600$957you save $64328-day
26$1,664$957you save $70728-day
27$1,728$957you save $77128-day
28$1,792$957you save $83528-day
29$1,856$1,021you save $835day
30$1,920$1,085you save $835day
31$1,984$1,149you save $835day
32$2,048$1,213you save $835day
33$2,112$1,276you save $836week
34$2,176$1,276you save $900week
35$2,240$1,276you save $964week

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
$957
Rental protection (RPP)
$143.55
Service fee
$95.70
Estimated total
$1,196.25

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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.