Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a 2022 8’x25’ Big Tex Gooseneck Flatbed Trailer 14GN 20’+5’ Mega Ramps 15,900 gvwr 11,000 lb load capacity by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $225 day rate would be $900, but the weekly rate caps it at $800.

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a 2022 8’x25’ Big Tex Gooseneck Flatbed Trailer 14GN 20’+5’ Mega Ramps 15,900 gvwr 11,000 lb load capacity on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,600 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

2022 8’x25’ Big Tex Gooseneck Flatbed Trailer 14GN 20’+5’ Mega Ramps 15,900 gvwr 11,000 lb load capacity

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Daniel Sullivan · Flatbed

Day: $225
Week: $800
28 days: $2,600

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $900. On the week rate it is $800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $4,950. On the 28-day rate it is $2,600.

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 2022 8’x25’ Big Tex Gooseneck Flatbed Trailer 14GN 20’+5’ Mega Ramps 15,900 gvwr 11,000 lb load capacity, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$225	$225	—	day
2	$450	$450	—	day
3	$675	$675	—	day
4	$900	$800	you save $100	week
5	$1,125	$800	you save $325	week
6	$1,350	$800	you save $550	week
7	$1,575	$800	you save $775	week
8	$1,800	$1,025	you save $775	week
9	$2,025	$1,250	you save $775	week
10	$2,250	$1,475	you save $775	week
11	$2,475	$1,600	you save $875	week
12	$2,700	$1,600	you save $1,100	week
13	$2,925	$1,600	you save $1,325	week
14	$3,150	$1,600	you save $1,550	week
15	$3,375	$1,825	you save $1,550	week
16	$3,600	$2,050	you save $1,550	week
17	$3,825	$2,275	you save $1,550	week
18	$4,050	$2,400	you save $1,650	week
19	$4,275	$2,400	you save $1,875	week
20	$4,500	$2,400	you save $2,100	week
21	$4,725	$2,400	you save $2,325	week
22	$4,950	$2,600	you save $2,350	28-day
23	$5,175	$2,600	you save $2,575	28-day
24	$5,400	$2,600	you save $2,800	28-day
25	$5,625	$2,600	you save $3,025	28-day
26	$5,850	$2,600	you save $3,250	28-day
27	$6,075	$2,600	you save $3,475	28-day
28	$6,300	$2,600	you save $3,700	28-day
29	$6,525	$2,825	you save $3,700	day
30	$6,750	$3,050	you save $3,700	day
31	$6,975	$3,275	you save $3,700	day
32	$7,200	$3,400	you save $3,800	week
33	$7,425	$3,400	you save $4,025	week
34	$7,650	$3,400	you save $4,250	week
35	$7,875	$3,400	you save $4,475	week

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.