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

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steven hottenfeller · Dump Trailer

Day
$100
Week
$375
28 days
$900

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $400. On the week rate it is $375.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,600. On the 28-day rate it is $900.

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, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$100$100—day
2$200$200—day
3$300$300—day
4$400$375you save $25week
5$500$375you save $125week
6$600$375you save $225week
7$700$375you save $325week
8$800$475you save $325week
9$900$575you save $325week
10$1,000$675you save $325week
11$1,100$750you save $350week
12$1,200$750you save $450week
13$1,300$750you save $550week
14$1,400$750you save $650week
15$1,500$850you save $650week
16$1,600$900you save $70028-day
17$1,700$900you save $80028-day
18$1,800$900you save $90028-day
19$1,900$900you save $1,00028-day
20$2,000$900you save $1,10028-day
21$2,100$900you save $1,20028-day
22$2,200$900you save $1,30028-day
23$2,300$900you save $1,40028-day
24$2,400$900you save $1,50028-day
25$2,500$900you save $1,60028-day
26$2,600$900you save $1,70028-day
27$2,700$900you save $1,80028-day
28$2,800$900you save $1,90028-day
29$2,900$1,000you save $1,900day
30$3,000$1,100you save $1,900day
31$3,100$1,200you save $1,900day
32$3,200$1,275you save $1,925week
33$3,300$1,275you save $2,025week
34$3,400$1,275you save $2,125week
35$3,500$1,275you save $2,225week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$900
Rental protection (RPP)
$135
Service fee
$90
Estimated total
$1,125

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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.