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.

CAM Tilt Trailer

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Lou DAngeli · Flatbed

Day
$75
Week
$350
28 days
$1,250

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $375. On the week rate it is $350.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $1,800. On the 28-day rate it is $1,250.

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 CAM Tilt Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$300—day
5$375$350you save $25week
6$450$350you save $100week
7$525$350you save $175week
8$600$425you save $175week
9$675$500you save $175week
10$750$575you save $175week
11$825$650you save $175week
12$900$700you save $200week
13$975$700you save $275week
14$1,050$700you save $350week
15$1,125$775you save $350week
16$1,200$850you save $350week
17$1,275$925you save $350week
18$1,350$1,000you save $350week
19$1,425$1,050you save $375week
20$1,500$1,050you save $450week
21$1,575$1,050you save $525week
22$1,650$1,125you save $525week
23$1,725$1,200you save $525week
24$1,800$1,250you save $55028-day
25$1,875$1,250you save $62528-day
26$1,950$1,250you save $70028-day
27$2,025$1,250you save $77528-day
28$2,100$1,250you save $85028-day
29$2,175$1,325you save $850day
30$2,250$1,400you save $850day
31$2,325$1,475you save $850day
32$2,400$1,550you save $850day
33$2,475$1,600you save $875week
34$2,550$1,600you save $950week
35$2,625$1,600you save $1,025week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 24 days
$1,250
Rental protection (RPP)
$187.50
Service fee
$125
Estimated total
$1,562.50

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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.