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.

Land Pride 48" Brush Hog

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Brian Keister · Tractors - Attachments

Day
$55
Week
$220
28 days
$660

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $275. On the week rate it is $220.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $990. On the 28-day rate it is $660.

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 Land Pride 48" Brush Hog, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$55$55—day
2$110$110—day
3$165$165—day
4$220$220—day
5$275$220you save $55week
6$330$220you save $110week
7$385$220you save $165week
8$440$275you save $165week
9$495$330you save $165week
10$550$385you save $165week
11$605$440you save $165week
12$660$440you save $220week
13$715$440you save $275week
14$770$440you save $330week
15$825$495you save $330week
16$880$550you save $330week
17$935$605you save $330week
18$990$660you save $33028-day
19$1,045$660you save $38528-day
20$1,100$660you save $44028-day
21$1,155$660you save $49528-day
22$1,210$660you save $55028-day
23$1,265$660you save $60528-day
24$1,320$660you save $66028-day
25$1,375$660you save $71528-day
26$1,430$660you save $77028-day
27$1,485$660you save $82528-day
28$1,540$660you save $88028-day
29$1,595$715you save $880day
30$1,650$770you save $880day
31$1,705$825you save $880day
32$1,760$880you save $880day
33$1,815$880you save $935week
34$1,870$880you save $990week
35$1,925$880you save $1,045week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$660
Rental protection (RPP)
$99
Service fee
$66
Estimated total
$825

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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.