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.

DeWalt Cordless Cultivator Attachment

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Day
$5
Week
$21
28 days
$63

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $25. On the week rate it is $21.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $95. On the 28-day rate it is $63.

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 DeWalt Cordless Cultivator Attachment, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$5$5—day
2$10$10—day
3$15$15—day
4$20$20—day
5$25$21you save $4week
6$30$21you save $9week
7$35$21you save $14week
8$40$26you save $14week
9$45$31you save $14week
10$50$36you save $14week
11$55$41you save $14week
12$60$42you save $18week
13$65$42you save $23week
14$70$42you save $28week
15$75$47you save $28week
16$80$52you save $28week
17$85$57you save $28week
18$90$62you save $28week
19$95$63you save $3228-day
20$100$63you save $3728-day
21$105$63you save $4228-day
22$110$63you save $4728-day
23$115$63you save $5228-day
24$120$63you save $5728-day
25$125$63you save $6228-day
26$130$63you save $6728-day
27$135$63you save $7228-day
28$140$63you save $7728-day
29$145$68you save $77day
30$150$73you save $77day
31$155$78you save $77day
32$160$83you save $77day
33$165$84you save $81week
34$170$84you save $86week
35$175$84you save $91week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$63
Rental protection (RPP)
$9.45
Service fee
$6.30
Estimated total
$78.75

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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.