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.

Stihl Gas 12' Pole Saw & Hedge Trimmer

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Saws - Tree Saws

Day
$61
Week
$182
28 days
$546

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $183. On the week rate it is $182.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,037. On the 28-day rate it is $546.

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 Stihl Gas 12' Pole Saw & Hedge Trimmer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$61$61—day
2$122$122—day
3$183$182you save $1week
4$244$182you save $62week
5$305$182you save $123week
6$366$182you save $184week
7$427$182you save $245week
8$488$243you save $245week
9$549$304you save $245week
10$610$364you save $246week
11$671$364you save $307week
12$732$364you save $368week
13$793$364you save $429week
14$854$364you save $490week
15$915$425you save $490week
16$976$486you save $490week
17$1,037$546you save $49128-day
18$1,098$546you save $55228-day
19$1,159$546you save $61328-day
20$1,220$546you save $67428-day
21$1,281$546you save $73528-day
22$1,342$546you save $79628-day
23$1,403$546you save $85728-day
24$1,464$546you save $91828-day
25$1,525$546you save $97928-day
26$1,586$546you save $1,04028-day
27$1,647$546you save $1,10128-day
28$1,708$546you save $1,16228-day
29$1,769$607you save $1,162day
30$1,830$668you save $1,162day
31$1,891$728you save $1,163week
32$1,952$728you save $1,224week
33$2,013$728you save $1,285week
34$2,074$728you save $1,346week
35$2,135$728you save $1,407week

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
$546
Rental protection (RPP)
$81.90
Service fee
$54.60
Estimated total
$682.50

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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.