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.

Outdoor Propane Tank Heater

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Jared Erwin · Tanks - Propane

Day
$19
Week
$94
28 days
$230

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $95. On the week rate it is $94.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $323. On the 28-day rate it is $230.

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 Outdoor Propane Tank Heater, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$19$19—day
2$38$38—day
3$57$57—day
4$76$76—day
5$95$94you save $1week
6$114$94you save $20week
7$133$94you save $39week
8$152$113you save $39week
9$171$132you save $39week
10$190$151you save $39week
11$209$170you save $39week
12$228$188you save $40week
13$247$188you save $59week
14$266$188you save $78week
15$285$207you save $78week
16$304$226you save $78week
17$323$230you save $9328-day
18$342$230you save $11228-day
19$361$230you save $13128-day
20$380$230you save $15028-day
21$399$230you save $16928-day
22$418$230you save $18828-day
23$437$230you save $20728-day
24$456$230you save $22628-day
25$475$230you save $24528-day
26$494$230you save $26428-day
27$513$230you save $28328-day
28$532$230you save $30228-day
29$551$249you save $302day
30$570$268you save $302day
31$589$287you save $302day
32$608$306you save $302day
33$627$324you save $303week
34$646$324you save $322week
35$665$324you save $341week

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
$230
Rental protection (RPP)
$34.50
Service fee
$23
Estimated total
$287.50

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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.