When is it cheaper to rent a earth auger by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $55 day rate would be $165, but the weekly rate caps it at $150.

When is it cheaper to rent a earth auger on the 28-day rate?

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $600 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

earth auger

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joe patterson · Plumbing and Electrical - Augers

Day: $55
Week: $150
28 days: $600

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $165. On the week rate it is $150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $1,320. On the 28-day rate it is $600.

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 earth auger, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$55	$55	—	day
2	$110	$110	—	day
3	$165	$150	you save $15	week
4	$220	$150	you save $70	week
5	$275	$150	you save $125	week
6	$330	$150	you save $180	week
7	$385	$150	you save $235	week
8	$440	$205	you save $235	week
9	$495	$260	you save $235	week
10	$550	$300	you save $250	week
11	$605	$300	you save $305	week
12	$660	$300	you save $360	week
13	$715	$300	you save $415	week
14	$770	$300	you save $470	week
15	$825	$355	you save $470	week
16	$880	$410	you save $470	week
17	$935	$450	you save $485	week
18	$990	$450	you save $540	week
19	$1,045	$450	you save $595	week
20	$1,100	$450	you save $650	week
21	$1,155	$450	you save $705	week
22	$1,210	$505	you save $705	week
23	$1,265	$560	you save $705	week
24	$1,320	$600	you save $720	28-day
25	$1,375	$600	you save $775	28-day
26	$1,430	$600	you save $830	28-day
27	$1,485	$600	you save $885	28-day
28	$1,540	$600	you save $940	28-day
29	$1,595	$655	you save $940	day
30	$1,650	$710	you save $940	day
31	$1,705	$750	you save $955	week
32	$1,760	$750	you save $1,010	week
33	$1,815	$750	you save $1,065	week
34	$1,870	$750	you save $1,120	week
35	$1,925	$750	you save $1,175	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days: $600
Rental protection (RPP): $90
Service fee: $60
Estimated total: $750

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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.