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.

16'x7' Tandem Axle Utility Trailer

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Upland Trailer Rentals · Flatbed

Day
$95
Week
$581
28 days
$1,796

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $665. On the week rate it is $581.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,090. On the 28-day rate it is $1,796.

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 16'x7' Tandem Axle Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$95$95—day
2$190$190—day
3$285$285—day
4$380$380—day
5$475$475—day
6$570$570—day
7$665$581you save $84week
8$760$676you save $84week
9$855$771you save $84week
10$950$866you save $84week
11$1,045$961you save $84week
12$1,140$1,056you save $84week
13$1,235$1,151you save $84week
14$1,330$1,162you save $168week
15$1,425$1,257you save $168week
16$1,520$1,352you save $168week
17$1,615$1,447you save $168week
18$1,710$1,542you save $168week
19$1,805$1,637you save $168week
20$1,900$1,732you save $168week
21$1,995$1,743you save $252week
22$2,090$1,796you save $29428-day
23$2,185$1,796you save $38928-day
24$2,280$1,796you save $48428-day
25$2,375$1,796you save $57928-day
26$2,470$1,796you save $67428-day
27$2,565$1,796you save $76928-day
28$2,660$1,796you save $86428-day
29$2,755$1,891you save $864day
30$2,850$1,986you save $864day
31$2,945$2,081you save $864day
32$3,040$2,176you save $864day
33$3,135$2,271you save $864day
34$3,230$2,366you save $864day
35$3,325$2,377you save $948week

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.