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.

3-Burner Griddle

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Sherwin Lomboy · Grinders - Electric

Day
$31
Week
$123
28 days
$368

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $124. On the week rate it is $123.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $558. On the 28-day rate it is $368.

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 3-Burner Griddle, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$31$31—day
2$62$62—day
3$93$93—day
4$124$123you save $1week
5$155$123you save $32week
6$186$123you save $63week
7$217$123you save $94week
8$248$154you save $94week
9$279$185you save $94week
10$310$216you save $94week
11$341$246you save $95week
12$372$246you save $126week
13$403$246you save $157week
14$434$246you save $188week
15$465$277you save $188week
16$496$308you save $188week
17$527$339you save $188week
18$558$368you save $19028-day
19$589$368you save $22128-day
20$620$368you save $25228-day
21$651$368you save $28328-day
22$682$368you save $31428-day
23$713$368you save $34528-day
24$744$368you save $37628-day
25$775$368you save $40728-day
26$806$368you save $43828-day
27$837$368you save $46928-day
28$868$368you save $50028-day
29$899$399you save $500day
30$930$430you save $500day
31$961$461you save $500day
32$992$491you save $501week
33$1,023$491you save $532week
34$1,054$491you save $563week
35$1,085$491you save $594week

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.