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.

5x10 Utility Trailer

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Branden Hall · Flatbed

Day
$55
Week
$212
28 days
$495

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $220. On the week rate it is $212.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $880. On the 28-day rate it is $495.

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 5x10 Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$55$55—day
2$110$110—day
3$165$165—day
4$220$212you save $8week
5$275$212you save $63week
6$330$212you save $118week
7$385$212you save $173week
8$440$267you save $173week
9$495$322you save $173week
10$550$377you save $173week
11$605$424you save $181week
12$660$424you save $236week
13$715$424you save $291week
14$770$424you save $346week
15$825$479you save $346week
16$880$495you save $38528-day
17$935$495you save $44028-day
18$990$495you save $49528-day
19$1,045$495you save $55028-day
20$1,100$495you save $60528-day
21$1,155$495you save $66028-day
22$1,210$495you save $71528-day
23$1,265$495you save $77028-day
24$1,320$495you save $82528-day
25$1,375$495you save $88028-day
26$1,430$495you save $93528-day
27$1,485$495you save $99028-day
28$1,540$495you save $1,04528-day
29$1,595$550you save $1,045day
30$1,650$605you save $1,045day
31$1,705$660you save $1,045day
32$1,760$707you save $1,053week
33$1,815$707you save $1,108week
34$1,870$707you save $1,163week
35$1,925$707you save $1,218week

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.