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.

trailer flatbed 8ft

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tag brockbank · Flatbed

Day
$60
Week
$238
28 days
$714

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $240. On the week rate it is $238.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,080. On the 28-day rate it is $714.

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 trailer flatbed 8ft, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$238you save $2week
5$300$238you save $62week
6$360$238you save $122week
7$420$238you save $182week
8$480$298you save $182week
9$540$358you save $182week
10$600$418you save $182week
11$660$476you save $184week
12$720$476you save $244week
13$780$476you save $304week
14$840$476you save $364week
15$900$536you save $364week
16$960$596you save $364week
17$1,020$656you save $364week
18$1,080$714you save $36628-day
19$1,140$714you save $42628-day
20$1,200$714you save $48628-day
21$1,260$714you save $54628-day
22$1,320$714you save $60628-day
23$1,380$714you save $66628-day
24$1,440$714you save $72628-day
25$1,500$714you save $78628-day
26$1,560$714you save $84628-day
27$1,620$714you save $90628-day
28$1,680$714you save $96628-day
29$1,740$774you save $966day
30$1,800$834you save $966day
31$1,860$894you save $966day
32$1,920$952you save $968week
33$1,980$952you save $1,028week
34$2,040$952you save $1,088week
35$2,100$952you save $1,148week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$714
Rental protection (RPP)
$107.10
Service fee
$71.40
Estimated total
$892.50

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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.