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

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Johnny · Dump Trailer

Day
$39
Week
$195
28 days
$780

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $234. On the week rate it is $195.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $1,014. On the 28-day rate it is $780.

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, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$39$39—day
2$78$78—day
3$117$117—day
4$156$156—day
5$195$195—day
6$234$195you save $39week
7$273$195you save $78week
8$312$234you save $78week
9$351$273you save $78week
10$390$312you save $78week
11$429$351you save $78week
12$468$390you save $78week
13$507$390you save $117week
14$546$390you save $156week
15$585$429you save $156week
16$624$468you save $156week
17$663$507you save $156week
18$702$546you save $156week
19$741$585you save $156week
20$780$585you save $195week
21$819$585you save $234week
22$858$624you save $234week
23$897$663you save $234week
24$936$702you save $234week
25$975$741you save $234week
26$1,014$780you save $23428-day
27$1,053$780you save $27328-day
28$1,092$780you save $31228-day
29$1,131$819you save $312day
30$1,170$858you save $312day
31$1,209$897you save $312day
32$1,248$936you save $312day
33$1,287$975you save $312day
34$1,326$975you save $351week
35$1,365$975you save $390week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$780
Rental protection (RPP)
$117
Service fee
$78
Estimated total
$975

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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.