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.

7’x14’ Enclosed Trailer

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Rally Quesenberry · Dry Van

Day
$75
Week
$375
28 days
$1,125

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $450. On the week rate it is $375.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,425. On the 28-day rate it is $1,125.

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 7’x14’ Enclosed Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$300—day
5$375$375—day
6$450$375you save $75week
7$525$375you save $150week
8$600$450you save $150week
9$675$525you save $150week
10$750$600you save $150week
11$825$675you save $150week
12$900$750you save $150week
13$975$750you save $225week
14$1,050$750you save $300week
15$1,125$825you save $300week
16$1,200$900you save $300week
17$1,275$975you save $300week
18$1,350$1,050you save $300week
19$1,425$1,125you save $30028-day
20$1,500$1,125you save $37528-day
21$1,575$1,125you save $45028-day
22$1,650$1,125you save $52528-day
23$1,725$1,125you save $60028-day
24$1,800$1,125you save $67528-day
25$1,875$1,125you save $75028-day
26$1,950$1,125you save $82528-day
27$2,025$1,125you save $90028-day
28$2,100$1,125you save $97528-day
29$2,175$1,200you save $975day
30$2,250$1,275you save $975day
31$2,325$1,350you save $975day
32$2,400$1,425you save $975day
33$2,475$1,500you save $975day
34$2,550$1,500you save $1,050week
35$2,625$1,500you save $1,125week

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.