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.

Walnut Blaster / Intake Valve Car Auto

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Brian Silva · Fans and Blowers - Manhole Blower - Gasoline

Day
$30
Week
$179
28 days
$595

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $179.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $690. On the 28-day rate it is $595.

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 Walnut Blaster / Intake Valve Car Auto, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$150—day
6$180$179you save $1week
7$210$179you save $31week
8$240$209you save $31week
9$270$239you save $31week
10$300$269you save $31week
11$330$299you save $31week
12$360$329you save $31week
13$390$358you save $32week
14$420$358you save $62week
15$450$388you save $62week
16$480$418you save $62week
17$510$448you save $62week
18$540$478you save $62week
19$570$508you save $62week
20$600$537you save $63week
21$630$537you save $93week
22$660$567you save $93week
23$690$595you save $9528-day
24$720$595you save $12528-day
25$750$595you save $15528-day
26$780$595you save $18528-day
27$810$595you save $21528-day
28$840$595you save $24528-day
29$870$625you save $245day
30$900$655you save $245day
31$930$685you save $245day
32$960$715you save $245day
33$990$745you save $245day
34$1,020$774you save $246week
35$1,050$774you save $276week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 23 days
$595
Rental protection (RPP)
$89.25
Service fee
$59.50
Estimated total
$743.75

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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.