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.

Forestry Mulcher - FECON Bull Hog

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BB Rental Equipment, LLC · Loaders - Skid Steers - Attachments

Day
$600
Week
$1,800
28 days
$5,400

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $2,400. On the week rate it is $1,800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $10,200. On the 28-day rate it is $5,400.

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 Forestry Mulcher - FECON Bull Hog, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$600$600—day
2$1,200$1,200—day
3$1,800$1,800—day
4$2,400$1,800you save $600week
5$3,000$1,800you save $1,200week
6$3,600$1,800you save $1,800week
7$4,200$1,800you save $2,400week
8$4,800$2,400you save $2,400week
9$5,400$3,000you save $2,400week
10$6,000$3,600you save $2,400week
11$6,600$3,600you save $3,000week
12$7,200$3,600you save $3,600week
13$7,800$3,600you save $4,200week
14$8,400$3,600you save $4,800week
15$9,000$4,200you save $4,800week
16$9,600$4,800you save $4,800week
17$10,200$5,400you save $4,80028-day
18$10,800$5,400you save $5,40028-day
19$11,400$5,400you save $6,00028-day
20$12,000$5,400you save $6,60028-day
21$12,600$5,400you save $7,20028-day
22$13,200$5,400you save $7,80028-day
23$13,800$5,400you save $8,40028-day
24$14,400$5,400you save $9,00028-day
25$15,000$5,400you save $9,60028-day
26$15,600$5,400you save $10,20028-day
27$16,200$5,400you save $10,80028-day
28$16,800$5,400you save $11,40028-day
29$17,400$6,000you save $11,400day
30$18,000$6,600you save $11,400day
31$18,600$7,200you save $11,400day
32$19,200$7,200you save $12,000week
33$19,800$7,200you save $12,600week
34$20,400$7,200you save $13,200week
35$21,000$7,200you save $13,800week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$5,400
Rental protection (RPP)
$810
Service fee
$540
Estimated total
$6,750

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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.