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.

6.5x12 Diamond C MDT 10K 32" Sides Dump Trailer

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Matthew Quigley · Dump Trailer

Day
$90
Week
$382
28 days
$1,275

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $450. On the week rate it is $382.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $2,070. On the 28-day rate it is $1,275.

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 6.5x12 Diamond C MDT 10K 32" Sides Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$90$90—day
2$180$180—day
3$270$270—day
4$360$360—day
5$450$382you save $68week
6$540$382you save $158week
7$630$382you save $248week
8$720$472you save $248week
9$810$562you save $248week
10$900$652you save $248week
11$990$742you save $248week
12$1,080$764you save $316week
13$1,170$764you save $406week
14$1,260$764you save $496week
15$1,350$854you save $496week
16$1,440$944you save $496week
17$1,530$1,034you save $496week
18$1,620$1,124you save $496week
19$1,710$1,146you save $564week
20$1,800$1,146you save $654week
21$1,890$1,146you save $744week
22$1,980$1,236you save $744week
23$2,070$1,275you save $79528-day
24$2,160$1,275you save $88528-day
25$2,250$1,275you save $97528-day
26$2,340$1,275you save $1,06528-day
27$2,430$1,275you save $1,15528-day
28$2,520$1,275you save $1,24528-day
29$2,610$1,365you save $1,245day
30$2,700$1,455you save $1,245day
31$2,790$1,545you save $1,245day
32$2,880$1,635you save $1,245day
33$2,970$1,657you save $1,313week
34$3,060$1,657you save $1,403week
35$3,150$1,657you save $1,493week

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.