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.

7x16 Dual axle trailer with brakes

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kevin roberts

Day
$125
Week
$300
28 days
$625

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $375. On the week rate it is $300.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,875. On the 28-day rate it is $625.

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 7x16 Dual axle trailer with brakes, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$125$125—day
2$250$250—day
3$375$300you save $75week
4$500$300you save $200week
5$625$300you save $325week
6$750$300you save $450week
7$875$300you save $575week
8$1,000$425you save $575week
9$1,125$550you save $575week
10$1,250$600you save $650week
11$1,375$600you save $775week
12$1,500$600you save $900week
13$1,625$600you save $1,025week
14$1,750$600you save $1,150week
15$1,875$625you save $1,25028-day
16$2,000$625you save $1,37528-day
17$2,125$625you save $1,50028-day
18$2,250$625you save $1,62528-day
19$2,375$625you save $1,75028-day
20$2,500$625you save $1,87528-day
21$2,625$625you save $2,00028-day
22$2,750$625you save $2,12528-day
23$2,875$625you save $2,25028-day
24$3,000$625you save $2,37528-day
25$3,125$625you save $2,50028-day
26$3,250$625you save $2,62528-day
27$3,375$625you save $2,75028-day
28$3,500$625you save $2,87528-day
29$3,625$750you save $2,875day
30$3,750$875you save $2,875day
31$3,875$925you save $2,950week
32$4,000$925you save $3,075week
33$4,125$925you save $3,200week
34$4,250$925you save $3,325week
35$4,375$925you save $3,450week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days
$625
Rental protection (RPP)
$93.75
Service fee
$62.50
Estimated total
$781.25

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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.