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.

Frontier Livestock Carrier for Pickup

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LDR Estate

Day
$45
Week
$173
28 days
$459

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $173.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $765. On the 28-day rate it is $459.

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 Frontier Livestock Carrier for Pickup, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$45$45—day
2$90$90—day
3$135$135—day
4$180$173you save $7week
5$225$173you save $52week
6$270$173you save $97week
7$315$173you save $142week
8$360$218you save $142week
9$405$263you save $142week
10$450$308you save $142week
11$495$346you save $149week
12$540$346you save $194week
13$585$346you save $239week
14$630$346you save $284week
15$675$391you save $284week
16$720$436you save $284week
17$765$459you save $30628-day
18$810$459you save $35128-day
19$855$459you save $39628-day
20$900$459you save $44128-day
21$945$459you save $48628-day
22$990$459you save $53128-day
23$1,035$459you save $57628-day
24$1,080$459you save $62128-day
25$1,125$459you save $66628-day
26$1,170$459you save $71128-day
27$1,215$459you save $75628-day
28$1,260$459you save $80128-day
29$1,305$504you save $801day
30$1,350$549you save $801day
31$1,395$594you save $801day
32$1,440$632you save $808week
33$1,485$632you save $853week
34$1,530$632you save $898week
35$1,575$632you save $943week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$459
Rental protection (RPP)
$68.85
Service fee
$45.90
Estimated total
$573.75

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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.