When is it cheaper to rent a 16ft Dump Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $152 day rate would be $456, but the weekly rate caps it at $400.

When is it cheaper to rent a 16ft Dump Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,200 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

16ft Dump Trailer

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Troy Kennedy · Dump Trailer

Day: $152
Week: $400
28 days: $1,200

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $456. On the week rate it is $400.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $2,584. On the 28-day rate it is $1,200.

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 16ft Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$152	$152	—	day
2	$304	$304	—	day
3	$456	$400	you save $56	week
4	$608	$400	you save $208	week
5	$760	$400	you save $360	week
6	$912	$400	you save $512	week
7	$1,064	$400	you save $664	week
8	$1,216	$552	you save $664	week
9	$1,368	$704	you save $664	week
10	$1,520	$800	you save $720	week
11	$1,672	$800	you save $872	week
12	$1,824	$800	you save $1,024	week
13	$1,976	$800	you save $1,176	week
14	$2,128	$800	you save $1,328	week
15	$2,280	$952	you save $1,328	week
16	$2,432	$1,104	you save $1,328	week
17	$2,584	$1,200	you save $1,384	28-day
18	$2,736	$1,200	you save $1,536	28-day
19	$2,888	$1,200	you save $1,688	28-day
20	$3,040	$1,200	you save $1,840	28-day
21	$3,192	$1,200	you save $1,992	28-day
22	$3,344	$1,200	you save $2,144	28-day
23	$3,496	$1,200	you save $2,296	28-day
24	$3,648	$1,200	you save $2,448	28-day
25	$3,800	$1,200	you save $2,600	28-day
26	$3,952	$1,200	you save $2,752	28-day
27	$4,104	$1,200	you save $2,904	28-day
28	$4,256	$1,200	you save $3,056	28-day
29	$4,408	$1,352	you save $3,056	day
30	$4,560	$1,504	you save $3,056	day
31	$4,712	$1,600	you save $3,112	week
32	$4,864	$1,600	you save $3,264	week
33	$5,016	$1,600	you save $3,416	week
34	$5,168	$1,600	you save $3,568	week
35	$5,320	$1,600	you save $3,720	week

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: $1,200
Rental protection (RPP): $180
Service fee: $120
Estimated total: $1,500

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.