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.

4x8 Trailer

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Small Utility Trailers

Day
$36
Week
$144
28 days
$432

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $144.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $648. On the 28-day rate it is $432.

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 4x8 Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$36$36—day
2$72$72—day
3$108$108—day
4$144$144—day
5$180$144you save $36week
6$216$144you save $72week
7$252$144you save $108week
8$288$180you save $108week
9$324$216you save $108week
10$360$252you save $108week
11$396$288you save $108week
12$432$288you save $144week
13$468$288you save $180week
14$504$288you save $216week
15$540$324you save $216week
16$576$360you save $216week
17$612$396you save $216week
18$648$432you save $21628-day
19$684$432you save $25228-day
20$720$432you save $28828-day
21$756$432you save $32428-day
22$792$432you save $36028-day
23$828$432you save $39628-day
24$864$432you save $43228-day
25$900$432you save $46828-day
26$936$432you save $50428-day
27$972$432you save $54028-day
28$1,008$432you save $57628-day
29$1,044$468you save $576day
30$1,080$504you save $576day
31$1,116$540you save $576day
32$1,152$576you save $576day
33$1,188$576you save $612week
34$1,224$576you save $648week
35$1,260$576you save $684week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$432
Rental protection (RPP)
$64.80
Service fee
$43.20
Estimated total
$540

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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.