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.

12" Double-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw

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Derek Athmann · Saws - Mitre Saws

Day
$40
Week
$133
28 days
$354

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $160. On the week rate it is $133.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $680. On the 28-day rate it is $354.

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 12" Double-Bevel Sliding Compound Miter Saw, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$40$40—day
2$80$80—day
3$120$120—day
4$160$133you save $27week
5$200$133you save $67week
6$240$133you save $107week
7$280$133you save $147week
8$320$173you save $147week
9$360$213you save $147week
10$400$253you save $147week
11$440$266you save $174week
12$480$266you save $214week
13$520$266you save $254week
14$560$266you save $294week
15$600$306you save $294week
16$640$346you save $294week
17$680$354you save $32628-day
18$720$354you save $36628-day
19$760$354you save $40628-day
20$800$354you save $44628-day
21$840$354you save $48628-day
22$880$354you save $52628-day
23$920$354you save $56628-day
24$960$354you save $60628-day
25$1,000$354you save $64628-day
26$1,040$354you save $68628-day
27$1,080$354you save $72628-day
28$1,120$354you save $76628-day
29$1,160$394you save $766day
30$1,200$434you save $766day
31$1,240$474you save $766day
32$1,280$487you save $793week
33$1,320$487you save $833week
34$1,360$487you save $873week
35$1,400$487you save $913week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.