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.

20ft car trailer

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Jason Ross · Car Hauler

Day
$125
Week
$500
28 days
$1,900

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $625. On the week rate it is $500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $3,125. On the 28-day rate it is $1,900.

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 20ft car trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$125$125—day
2$250$250—day
3$375$375—day
4$500$500—day
5$625$500you save $125week
6$750$500you save $250week
7$875$500you save $375week
8$1,000$625you save $375week
9$1,125$750you save $375week
10$1,250$875you save $375week
11$1,375$1,000you save $375week
12$1,500$1,000you save $500week
13$1,625$1,000you save $625week
14$1,750$1,000you save $750week
15$1,875$1,125you save $750week
16$2,000$1,250you save $750week
17$2,125$1,375you save $750week
18$2,250$1,500you save $750week
19$2,375$1,500you save $875week
20$2,500$1,500you save $1,000week
21$2,625$1,500you save $1,125week
22$2,750$1,625you save $1,125week
23$2,875$1,750you save $1,125week
24$3,000$1,875you save $1,125week
25$3,125$1,900you save $1,22528-day
26$3,250$1,900you save $1,35028-day
27$3,375$1,900you save $1,47528-day
28$3,500$1,900you save $1,60028-day
29$3,625$2,025you save $1,600day
30$3,750$2,150you save $1,600day
31$3,875$2,275you save $1,600day
32$4,000$2,400you save $1,600day
33$4,125$2,400you save $1,725week
34$4,250$2,400you save $1,850week
35$4,375$2,400you save $1,975week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 25 days
$1,900
Rental protection (RPP)
$285
Service fee
$190
Estimated total
$2,375

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.