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.

Enclosed Cargo Trailer 16x7

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Elisabeth Stowe · Dry Van

Day
$90
Week
$536
28 days
$1,296

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $540. On the week rate it is $536.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $1,530. On the 28-day rate it is $1,296.

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 Enclosed Cargo Trailer 16x7, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$90$90—day
2$180$180—day
3$270$270—day
4$360$360—day
5$450$450—day
6$540$536you save $4week
7$630$536you save $94week
8$720$626you save $94week
9$810$716you save $94week
10$900$806you save $94week
11$990$896you save $94week
12$1,080$986you save $94week
13$1,170$1,072you save $98week
14$1,260$1,072you save $188week
15$1,350$1,162you save $188week
16$1,440$1,252you save $188week
17$1,530$1,296you save $23428-day
18$1,620$1,296you save $32428-day
19$1,710$1,296you save $41428-day
20$1,800$1,296you save $50428-day
21$1,890$1,296you save $59428-day
22$1,980$1,296you save $68428-day
23$2,070$1,296you save $77428-day
24$2,160$1,296you save $86428-day
25$2,250$1,296you save $95428-day
26$2,340$1,296you save $1,04428-day
27$2,430$1,296you save $1,13428-day
28$2,520$1,296you save $1,22428-day
29$2,610$1,386you save $1,224day
30$2,700$1,476you save $1,224day
31$2,790$1,566you save $1,224day
32$2,880$1,656you save $1,224day
33$2,970$1,746you save $1,224day
34$3,060$1,832you save $1,228week
35$3,150$1,832you save $1,318week

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.