When is it cheaper to rent a Dump Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $65 day rate would be $260, but the weekly rate caps it at $255.

When is it cheaper to rent a Dump Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $765 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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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chase Taylor · Dump Trailer

Day: $65
Week: $255
28 days: $765

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $260. On the week rate it is $255.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,170. On the 28-day rate it is $765.

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
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$65	$65	—	day
2	$130	$130	—	day
3	$195	$195	—	day
4	$260	$255	you save $5	week
5	$325	$255	you save $70	week
6	$390	$255	you save $135	week
7	$455	$255	you save $200	week
8	$520	$320	you save $200	week
9	$585	$385	you save $200	week
10	$650	$450	you save $200	week
11	$715	$510	you save $205	week
12	$780	$510	you save $270	week
13	$845	$510	you save $335	week
14	$910	$510	you save $400	week
15	$975	$575	you save $400	week
16	$1,040	$640	you save $400	week
17	$1,105	$705	you save $400	week
18	$1,170	$765	you save $405	28-day
19	$1,235	$765	you save $470	28-day
20	$1,300	$765	you save $535	28-day
21	$1,365	$765	you save $600	28-day
22	$1,430	$765	you save $665	28-day
23	$1,495	$765	you save $730	28-day
24	$1,560	$765	you save $795	28-day
25	$1,625	$765	you save $860	28-day
26	$1,690	$765	you save $925	28-day
27	$1,755	$765	you save $990	28-day
28	$1,820	$765	you save $1,055	28-day
29	$1,885	$830	you save $1,055	day
30	$1,950	$895	you save $1,055	day
31	$2,015	$960	you save $1,055	day
32	$2,080	$1,020	you save $1,060	week
33	$2,145	$1,020	you save $1,125	week
34	$2,210	$1,020	you save $1,190	week
35	$2,275	$1,020	you save $1,255	week

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.