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.

Folding Saw Horses 39" H x 27-3/16" W x 2-1/8" D, 2500lb capacity

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Thad Bowman

Day
$8
Week
$25
28 days
$69.99

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $32. On the week rate it is $25.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $136. On the 28-day rate it is $69.99.

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 Folding Saw Horses 39" H x 27-3/16" W x 2-1/8" D, 2500lb capacity, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$8$8—day
2$16$16—day
3$24$24—day
4$32$25you save $7week
5$40$25you save $15week
6$48$25you save $23week
7$56$25you save $31week
8$64$33you save $31week
9$72$41you save $31week
10$80$49you save $31week
11$88$50you save $38week
12$96$50you save $46week
13$104$50you save $54week
14$112$50you save $62week
15$120$58you save $62week
16$128$66you save $62week
17$136$69.99you save $66.0128-day
18$144$69.99you save $74.0128-day
19$152$69.99you save $82.0128-day
20$160$69.99you save $90.0128-day
21$168$69.99you save $98.0128-day
22$176$69.99you save $106.0128-day
23$184$69.99you save $114.0128-day
24$192$69.99you save $122.0128-day
25$200$69.99you save $130.0128-day
26$208$69.99you save $138.0128-day
27$216$69.99you save $146.0128-day
28$224$69.99you save $154.0128-day
29$232$77.99you save $154.01day
30$240$85.99you save $154.01day
31$248$93.99you save $154.01day
32$256$94.99you save $161.01week
33$264$94.99you save $169.01week
34$272$94.99you save $177.01week
35$280$94.99you save $185.01week

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
$69.99
Rental protection (RPP)
$10.50
Service fee
$7
Estimated total
$87.49

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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.