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.

Dump Trailer 14ft x 7 4ft Deep

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Lexson Pena · Dump Trailer

Day
$250
Week
$800
28 days
$2,500

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,000. On the week rate it is $800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $5,500. On the 28-day rate it is $2,500.

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 Dump Trailer 14ft x 7 4ft Deep, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$250$250—day
2$500$500—day
3$750$750—day
4$1,000$800you save $200week
5$1,250$800you save $450week
6$1,500$800you save $700week
7$1,750$800you save $950week
8$2,000$1,050you save $950week
9$2,250$1,300you save $950week
10$2,500$1,550you save $950week
11$2,750$1,600you save $1,150week
12$3,000$1,600you save $1,400week
13$3,250$1,600you save $1,650week
14$3,500$1,600you save $1,900week
15$3,750$1,850you save $1,900week
16$4,000$2,100you save $1,900week
17$4,250$2,350you save $1,900week
18$4,500$2,400you save $2,100week
19$4,750$2,400you save $2,350week
20$5,000$2,400you save $2,600week
21$5,250$2,400you save $2,850week
22$5,500$2,500you save $3,00028-day
23$5,750$2,500you save $3,25028-day
24$6,000$2,500you save $3,50028-day
25$6,250$2,500you save $3,75028-day
26$6,500$2,500you save $4,00028-day
27$6,750$2,500you save $4,25028-day
28$7,000$2,500you save $4,50028-day
29$7,250$2,750you save $4,500day
30$7,500$3,000you save $4,500day
31$7,750$3,250you save $4,500day
32$8,000$3,300you save $4,700week
33$8,250$3,300you save $4,950week
34$8,500$3,300you save $5,200week
35$8,750$3,300you save $5,450week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$2,500
Rental protection (RPP)
$375
Service fee
$250
Estimated total
$3,125

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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.