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.

dump trailer 7x16 Gvwr 15k

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Patryk Kawa · Dump Trailer

Day
$175
Week
$695
28 days
$1,595

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $700. On the week rate it is $695.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $2,800. On the 28-day rate it is $1,595.

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 dump trailer 7x16 Gvwr 15k, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$175$175—day
2$350$350—day
3$525$525—day
4$700$695you save $5week
5$875$695you save $180week
6$1,050$695you save $355week
7$1,225$695you save $530week
8$1,400$870you save $530week
9$1,575$1,045you save $530week
10$1,750$1,220you save $530week
11$1,925$1,390you save $535week
12$2,100$1,390you save $710week
13$2,275$1,390you save $885week
14$2,450$1,390you save $1,060week
15$2,625$1,565you save $1,060week
16$2,800$1,595you save $1,20528-day
17$2,975$1,595you save $1,38028-day
18$3,150$1,595you save $1,55528-day
19$3,325$1,595you save $1,73028-day
20$3,500$1,595you save $1,90528-day
21$3,675$1,595you save $2,08028-day
22$3,850$1,595you save $2,25528-day
23$4,025$1,595you save $2,43028-day
24$4,200$1,595you save $2,60528-day
25$4,375$1,595you save $2,78028-day
26$4,550$1,595you save $2,95528-day
27$4,725$1,595you save $3,13028-day
28$4,900$1,595you save $3,30528-day
29$5,075$1,770you save $3,305day
30$5,250$1,945you save $3,305day
31$5,425$2,120you save $3,305day
32$5,600$2,290you save $3,310week
33$5,775$2,290you save $3,485week
34$5,950$2,290you save $3,660week
35$6,125$2,290you save $3,835week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$1,595
Rental protection (RPP)
$239.25
Service fee
$159.50
Estimated total
$1,993.75

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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.