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.

Car Hauler Utility Trailer

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Scott Saylor · Car Hauler

Day
$99
Week
$499
28 days
$1,299

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $594. On the week rate it is $499.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,782. On the 28-day rate it is $1,299.

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 Car Hauler Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$99$99—day
2$198$198—day
3$297$297—day
4$396$396—day
5$495$495—day
6$594$499you save $95week
7$693$499you save $194week
8$792$598you save $194week
9$891$697you save $194week
10$990$796you save $194week
11$1,089$895you save $194week
12$1,188$994you save $194week
13$1,287$998you save $289week
14$1,386$998you save $388week
15$1,485$1,097you save $388week
16$1,584$1,196you save $388week
17$1,683$1,295you save $388week
18$1,782$1,299you save $48328-day
19$1,881$1,299you save $58228-day
20$1,980$1,299you save $68128-day
21$2,079$1,299you save $78028-day
22$2,178$1,299you save $87928-day
23$2,277$1,299you save $97828-day
24$2,376$1,299you save $1,07728-day
25$2,475$1,299you save $1,17628-day
26$2,574$1,299you save $1,27528-day
27$2,673$1,299you save $1,37428-day
28$2,772$1,299you save $1,47328-day
29$2,871$1,398you save $1,473day
30$2,970$1,497you save $1,473day
31$3,069$1,596you save $1,473day
32$3,168$1,695you save $1,473day
33$3,267$1,794you save $1,473day
34$3,366$1,798you save $1,568week
35$3,465$1,798you save $1,667week

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.