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.

2023 Trailerman Tandem Axle Utility Trailer

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Brian Keister · Flatbed

Day
$85
Week
$417
28 days
$1,530

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $425. On the week rate it is $417.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $2,125. On the 28-day rate it is $1,530.

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 2023 Trailerman Tandem Axle Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$85$85—day
2$170$170—day
3$255$255—day
4$340$340—day
5$425$417you save $8week
6$510$417you save $93week
7$595$417you save $178week
8$680$502you save $178week
9$765$587you save $178week
10$850$672you save $178week
11$935$757you save $178week
12$1,020$834you save $186week
13$1,105$834you save $271week
14$1,190$834you save $356week
15$1,275$919you save $356week
16$1,360$1,004you save $356week
17$1,445$1,089you save $356week
18$1,530$1,174you save $356week
19$1,615$1,251you save $364week
20$1,700$1,251you save $449week
21$1,785$1,251you save $534week
22$1,870$1,336you save $534week
23$1,955$1,421you save $534week
24$2,040$1,506you save $534week
25$2,125$1,530you save $59528-day
26$2,210$1,530you save $68028-day
27$2,295$1,530you save $76528-day
28$2,380$1,530you save $85028-day
29$2,465$1,615you save $850day
30$2,550$1,700you save $850day
31$2,635$1,785you save $850day
32$2,720$1,870you save $850day
33$2,805$1,947you save $858week
34$2,890$1,947you save $943week
35$2,975$1,947you save $1,028week

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.