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.

40' New High-Cube Side 2 Door

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Andrew Komer · Site Support - Containers

Day
$475
Week
$475
28 days
$475

Daily stops winning on

day 2

2 days at the day rate would be $950. On the week rate it is $475.

Weekly stops winning on

day 1

1 day at the day rate would be $475. On the 28-day rate it is $475.

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 40' New High-Cube Side 2 Door, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$475$475—28-day
2$950$475you save $47528-day
3$1,425$475you save $95028-day
4$1,900$475you save $1,42528-day
5$2,375$475you save $1,90028-day
6$2,850$475you save $2,37528-day
7$3,325$475you save $2,85028-day
8$3,800$475you save $3,32528-day
9$4,275$475you save $3,80028-day
10$4,750$475you save $4,27528-day
11$5,225$475you save $4,75028-day
12$5,700$475you save $5,22528-day
13$6,175$475you save $5,70028-day
14$6,650$475you save $6,17528-day
15$7,125$475you save $6,65028-day
16$7,600$475you save $7,12528-day
17$8,075$475you save $7,60028-day
18$8,550$475you save $8,07528-day
19$9,025$475you save $8,55028-day
20$9,500$475you save $9,02528-day
21$9,975$475you save $9,50028-day
22$10,450$475you save $9,97528-day
23$10,925$475you save $10,45028-day
24$11,400$475you save $10,92528-day
25$11,875$475you save $11,40028-day
26$12,350$475you save $11,87528-day
27$12,825$475you save $12,35028-day
28$13,300$475you save $12,82528-day
29$13,775$950you save $12,82528-day
30$14,250$950you save $13,30028-day
31$14,725$950you save $13,77528-day
32$15,200$950you save $14,25028-day
33$15,675$950you save $14,72528-day
34$16,150$950you save $15,20028-day
35$16,625$950you save $15,67528-day

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 1 day
$475
Rental protection (RPP)
$71.25
Service fee
$47.50
Estimated total
$593.75

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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.