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.

10" Table Saw w Rolling Stand

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Derek Athmann · Saws - Table Saws

Day
$46
Week
$155
28 days
$413

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $184. On the week rate it is $155.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $782. On the 28-day rate it is $413.

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 10" Table Saw w Rolling Stand, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$46$46—day
2$92$92—day
3$138$138—day
4$184$155you save $29week
5$230$155you save $75week
6$276$155you save $121week
7$322$155you save $167week
8$368$201you save $167week
9$414$247you save $167week
10$460$293you save $167week
11$506$310you save $196week
12$552$310you save $242week
13$598$310you save $288week
14$644$310you save $334week
15$690$356you save $334week
16$736$402you save $334week
17$782$413you save $36928-day
18$828$413you save $41528-day
19$874$413you save $46128-day
20$920$413you save $50728-day
21$966$413you save $55328-day
22$1,012$413you save $59928-day
23$1,058$413you save $64528-day
24$1,104$413you save $69128-day
25$1,150$413you save $73728-day
26$1,196$413you save $78328-day
27$1,242$413you save $82928-day
28$1,288$413you save $87528-day
29$1,334$459you save $875day
30$1,380$505you save $875day
31$1,426$551you save $875day
32$1,472$568you save $904week
33$1,518$568you save $950week
34$1,564$568you save $996week
35$1,610$568you save $1,042week

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
$413
Rental protection (RPP)
$61.95
Service fee
$41.30
Estimated total
$516.25

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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.