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.

NoRamp U-19 Tilt Trailer

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Daniel Sheridan · Flatbed

Day
$150
Week
$650
28 days
$2,200

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $750. On the week rate it is $650.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $3,450. On the 28-day rate it is $2,200.

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 NoRamp U-19 Tilt Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$150$150—day
2$300$300—day
3$450$450—day
4$600$600—day
5$750$650you save $100week
6$900$650you save $250week
7$1,050$650you save $400week
8$1,200$800you save $400week
9$1,350$950you save $400week
10$1,500$1,100you save $400week
11$1,650$1,250you save $400week
12$1,800$1,300you save $500week
13$1,950$1,300you save $650week
14$2,100$1,300you save $800week
15$2,250$1,450you save $800week
16$2,400$1,600you save $800week
17$2,550$1,750you save $800week
18$2,700$1,900you save $800week
19$2,850$1,950you save $900week
20$3,000$1,950you save $1,050week
21$3,150$1,950you save $1,200week
22$3,300$2,100you save $1,200week
23$3,450$2,200you save $1,25028-day
24$3,600$2,200you save $1,40028-day
25$3,750$2,200you save $1,55028-day
26$3,900$2,200you save $1,70028-day
27$4,050$2,200you save $1,85028-day
28$4,200$2,200you save $2,00028-day
29$4,350$2,350you save $2,000day
30$4,500$2,500you save $2,000day
31$4,650$2,650you save $2,000day
32$4,800$2,800you save $2,000day
33$4,950$2,850you save $2,100week
34$5,100$2,850you save $2,250week
35$5,250$2,850you save $2,400week

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.