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.

Spacious Enclosed Trailer

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Elias Lozano · Dry Van

Day
$275
Week
$1,444
28 days
$4,125

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $1,650. On the week rate it is $1,444.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $5,225. On the 28-day rate it is $4,125.

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 Spacious Enclosed Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$275$275—day
2$550$550—day
3$825$825—day
4$1,100$1,100—day
5$1,375$1,375—day
6$1,650$1,444you save $206week
7$1,925$1,444you save $481week
8$2,200$1,719you save $481week
9$2,475$1,994you save $481week
10$2,750$2,269you save $481week
11$3,025$2,544you save $481week
12$3,300$2,819you save $481week
13$3,575$2,888you save $687week
14$3,850$2,888you save $962week
15$4,125$3,163you save $962week
16$4,400$3,438you save $962week
17$4,675$3,713you save $962week
18$4,950$3,988you save $962week
19$5,225$4,125you save $1,10028-day
20$5,500$4,125you save $1,37528-day
21$5,775$4,125you save $1,65028-day
22$6,050$4,125you save $1,92528-day
23$6,325$4,125you save $2,20028-day
24$6,600$4,125you save $2,47528-day
25$6,875$4,125you save $2,75028-day
26$7,150$4,125you save $3,02528-day
27$7,425$4,125you save $3,30028-day
28$7,700$4,125you save $3,57528-day
29$7,975$4,400you save $3,575day
30$8,250$4,675you save $3,575day
31$8,525$4,950you save $3,575day
32$8,800$5,225you save $3,575day
33$9,075$5,500you save $3,575day
34$9,350$5,569you save $3,781week
35$9,625$5,569you save $4,056week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$4,125
Rental protection (RPP)
$618.75
Service fee
$412.50
Estimated total
$5,156.25

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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.