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.

8’ Dump Trailer 8x5x4

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Angi Young · Dump Trailer

Day
$76
Week
$303
28 days
$908

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $304. On the week rate it is $303.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,368. On the 28-day rate it is $908.

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 8’ Dump Trailer 8x5x4, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$76$76—day
2$152$152—day
3$228$228—day
4$304$303you save $1week
5$380$303you save $77week
6$456$303you save $153week
7$532$303you save $229week
8$608$379you save $229week
9$684$455you save $229week
10$760$531you save $229week
11$836$606you save $230week
12$912$606you save $306week
13$988$606you save $382week
14$1,064$606you save $458week
15$1,140$682you save $458week
16$1,216$758you save $458week
17$1,292$834you save $458week
18$1,368$908you save $46028-day
19$1,444$908you save $53628-day
20$1,520$908you save $61228-day
21$1,596$908you save $68828-day
22$1,672$908you save $76428-day
23$1,748$908you save $84028-day
24$1,824$908you save $91628-day
25$1,900$908you save $99228-day
26$1,976$908you save $1,06828-day
27$2,052$908you save $1,14428-day
28$2,128$908you save $1,22028-day
29$2,204$984you save $1,220day
30$2,280$1,060you save $1,220day
31$2,356$1,136you save $1,220day
32$2,432$1,211you save $1,221week
33$2,508$1,211you save $1,297week
34$2,584$1,211you save $1,373week
35$2,660$1,211you save $1,449week

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.