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 Operated Chain Saw #02

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Chain Saws - Gasoline

Day
$115
Week
$338
28 days
$1,013

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $345. On the week rate it is $338.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,955. On the 28-day rate it is $1,013.

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 Operated Chain Saw #02, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$115$115—day
2$230$230—day
3$345$338you save $7week
4$460$338you save $122week
5$575$338you save $237week
6$690$338you save $352week
7$805$338you save $467week
8$920$453you save $467week
9$1,035$568you save $467week
10$1,150$676you save $474week
11$1,265$676you save $589week
12$1,380$676you save $704week
13$1,495$676you save $819week
14$1,610$676you save $934week
15$1,725$791you save $934week
16$1,840$906you save $934week
17$1,955$1,013you save $94228-day
18$2,070$1,013you save $1,05728-day
19$2,185$1,013you save $1,17228-day
20$2,300$1,013you save $1,28728-day
21$2,415$1,013you save $1,40228-day
22$2,530$1,013you save $1,51728-day
23$2,645$1,013you save $1,63228-day
24$2,760$1,013you save $1,74728-day
25$2,875$1,013you save $1,86228-day
26$2,990$1,013you save $1,97728-day
27$3,105$1,013you save $2,09228-day
28$3,220$1,013you save $2,20728-day
29$3,335$1,128you save $2,207day
30$3,450$1,243you save $2,207day
31$3,565$1,351you save $2,214week
32$3,680$1,351you save $2,329week
33$3,795$1,351you save $2,444week
34$3,910$1,351you save $2,559week
35$4,025$1,351you save $2,674week

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
$1,013
Rental protection (RPP)
$151.95
Service fee
$101.30
Estimated total
$1,266.25

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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.