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.

Big Tex 22GN Trailer

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LDR Estate · Flatbed

Day
$105
Week
$441
28 days
$788

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $441.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $1,155. On the 28-day rate it is $788.

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 Big Tex 22GN Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$105$105—day
2$210$210—day
3$315$315—day
4$420$420—day
5$525$441you save $84week
6$630$441you save $189week
7$735$441you save $294week
8$840$546you save $294week
9$945$651you save $294week
10$1,050$756you save $294week
11$1,155$788you save $36728-day
12$1,260$788you save $47228-day
13$1,365$788you save $57728-day
14$1,470$788you save $68228-day
15$1,575$788you save $78728-day
16$1,680$788you save $89228-day
17$1,785$788you save $99728-day
18$1,890$788you save $1,10228-day
19$1,995$788you save $1,20728-day
20$2,100$788you save $1,31228-day
21$2,205$788you save $1,41728-day
22$2,310$788you save $1,52228-day
23$2,415$788you save $1,62728-day
24$2,520$788you save $1,73228-day
25$2,625$788you save $1,83728-day
26$2,730$788you save $1,94228-day
27$2,835$788you save $2,04728-day
28$2,940$788you save $2,15228-day
29$3,045$893you save $2,152day
30$3,150$998you save $2,152day
31$3,255$1,103you save $2,152day
32$3,360$1,208you save $2,152day
33$3,465$1,229you save $2,236week
34$3,570$1,229you save $2,341week
35$3,675$1,229you save $2,446week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 11 days
$788
Rental protection (RPP)
$118.20
Service fee
$78.80
Estimated total
$985

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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.