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.

7x14 High Side Dump Trailer

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Larry Burrell · Dump Trailer

Day
$160
Week
$638
28 days
$1,536

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $640. On the week rate it is $638.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $2,560. On the 28-day rate it is $1,536.

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 7x14 High Side Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$160$160—day
2$320$320—day
3$480$480—day
4$640$638you save $2week
5$800$638you save $162week
6$960$638you save $322week
7$1,120$638you save $482week
8$1,280$798you save $482week
9$1,440$958you save $482week
10$1,600$1,118you save $482week
11$1,760$1,276you save $484week
12$1,920$1,276you save $644week
13$2,080$1,276you save $804week
14$2,240$1,276you save $964week
15$2,400$1,436you save $964week
16$2,560$1,536you save $1,02428-day
17$2,720$1,536you save $1,18428-day
18$2,880$1,536you save $1,34428-day
19$3,040$1,536you save $1,50428-day
20$3,200$1,536you save $1,66428-day
21$3,360$1,536you save $1,82428-day
22$3,520$1,536you save $1,98428-day
23$3,680$1,536you save $2,14428-day
24$3,840$1,536you save $2,30428-day
25$4,000$1,536you save $2,46428-day
26$4,160$1,536you save $2,62428-day
27$4,320$1,536you save $2,78428-day
28$4,480$1,536you save $2,94428-day
29$4,640$1,696you save $2,944day
30$4,800$1,856you save $2,944day
31$4,960$2,016you save $2,944day
32$5,120$2,174you save $2,946week
33$5,280$2,174you save $3,106week
34$5,440$2,174you save $3,266week
35$5,600$2,174you save $3,426week

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.