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.

5x8 Trailer

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Small Utility Trailers

Day
$39
Week
$154
28 days
$461

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $156. On the week rate it is $154.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $702. On the 28-day rate it is $461.

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 5x8 Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$39$39—day
2$78$78—day
3$117$117—day
4$156$154you save $2week
5$195$154you save $41week
6$234$154you save $80week
7$273$154you save $119week
8$312$193you save $119week
9$351$232you save $119week
10$390$271you save $119week
11$429$308you save $121week
12$468$308you save $160week
13$507$308you save $199week
14$546$308you save $238week
15$585$347you save $238week
16$624$386you save $238week
17$663$425you save $238week
18$702$461you save $24128-day
19$741$461you save $28028-day
20$780$461you save $31928-day
21$819$461you save $35828-day
22$858$461you save $39728-day
23$897$461you save $43628-day
24$936$461you save $47528-day
25$975$461you save $51428-day
26$1,014$461you save $55328-day
27$1,053$461you save $59228-day
28$1,092$461you save $63128-day
29$1,131$500you save $631day
30$1,170$539you save $631day
31$1,209$578you save $631day
32$1,248$615you save $633week
33$1,287$615you save $672week
34$1,326$615you save $711week
35$1,365$615you save $750week

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
$461
Rental protection (RPP)
$69.15
Service fee
$46.10
Estimated total
$576.25

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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.