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.

20 Foot Lonestar c8 Equipment trailer

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John Fanning · Flatbed

Day
$110
Week
$245
28 days
$840

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $330. On the week rate it is $245.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,420. On the 28-day rate it is $840.

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 20 Foot Lonestar c8 Equipment trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$110$110—day
2$220$220—day
3$330$245you save $85week
4$440$245you save $195week
5$550$245you save $305week
6$660$245you save $415week
7$770$245you save $525week
8$880$355you save $525week
9$990$465you save $525week
10$1,100$490you save $610week
11$1,210$490you save $720week
12$1,320$490you save $830week
13$1,430$490you save $940week
14$1,540$490you save $1,050week
15$1,650$600you save $1,050week
16$1,760$710you save $1,050week
17$1,870$735you save $1,135week
18$1,980$735you save $1,245week
19$2,090$735you save $1,355week
20$2,200$735you save $1,465week
21$2,310$735you save $1,575week
22$2,420$840you save $1,58028-day
23$2,530$840you save $1,69028-day
24$2,640$840you save $1,80028-day
25$2,750$840you save $1,91028-day
26$2,860$840you save $2,02028-day
27$2,970$840you save $2,13028-day
28$3,080$840you save $2,24028-day
29$3,190$950you save $2,240day
30$3,300$1,060you save $2,240day
31$3,410$1,085you save $2,325week
32$3,520$1,085you save $2,435week
33$3,630$1,085you save $2,545week
34$3,740$1,085you save $2,655week
35$3,850$1,085you save $2,765week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$840
Rental protection (RPP)
$126
Service fee
$84
Estimated total
$1,050

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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.