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.

Jack Hammer

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Brandon Elie-Joseph · Hammers - Jack

Day
$79
Week
$320
28 days
$950

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $395. On the week rate it is $320.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,422. On the 28-day rate it is $950.

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 Jack Hammer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$79$79—day
2$158$158—day
3$237$237—day
4$316$316—day
5$395$320you save $75week
6$474$320you save $154week
7$553$320you save $233week
8$632$399you save $233week
9$711$478you save $233week
10$790$557you save $233week
11$869$636you save $233week
12$948$640you save $308week
13$1,027$640you save $387week
14$1,106$640you save $466week
15$1,185$719you save $466week
16$1,264$798you save $466week
17$1,343$877you save $466week
18$1,422$950you save $47228-day
19$1,501$950you save $55128-day
20$1,580$950you save $63028-day
21$1,659$950you save $70928-day
22$1,738$950you save $78828-day
23$1,817$950you save $86728-day
24$1,896$950you save $94628-day
25$1,975$950you save $1,02528-day
26$2,054$950you save $1,10428-day
27$2,133$950you save $1,18328-day
28$2,212$950you save $1,26228-day
29$2,291$1,029you save $1,262day
30$2,370$1,108you save $1,262day
31$2,449$1,187you save $1,262day
32$2,528$1,266you save $1,262day
33$2,607$1,270you save $1,337week
34$2,686$1,270you save $1,416week
35$2,765$1,270you save $1,495week

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.