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.

New MAXX-D DKX 83" X 14' Dump Trailer

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Richard Aguilar · Dump Trailer

Day
$145
Week
$450
28 days
$1,350

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $580. On the week rate it is $450.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $2,610. On the 28-day rate it is $1,350.

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 New MAXX-D DKX 83" X 14' Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$145$145—day
2$290$290—day
3$435$435—day
4$580$450you save $130week
5$725$450you save $275week
6$870$450you save $420week
7$1,015$450you save $565week
8$1,160$595you save $565week
9$1,305$740you save $565week
10$1,450$885you save $565week
11$1,595$900you save $695week
12$1,740$900you save $840week
13$1,885$900you save $985week
14$2,030$900you save $1,130week
15$2,175$1,045you save $1,130week
16$2,320$1,190you save $1,130week
17$2,465$1,335you save $1,130week
18$2,610$1,350you save $1,26028-day
19$2,755$1,350you save $1,40528-day
20$2,900$1,350you save $1,55028-day
21$3,045$1,350you save $1,69528-day
22$3,190$1,350you save $1,84028-day
23$3,335$1,350you save $1,98528-day
24$3,480$1,350you save $2,13028-day
25$3,625$1,350you save $2,27528-day
26$3,770$1,350you save $2,42028-day
27$3,915$1,350you save $2,56528-day
28$4,060$1,350you save $2,71028-day
29$4,205$1,495you save $2,710day
30$4,350$1,640you save $2,710day
31$4,495$1,785you save $2,710day
32$4,640$1,800you save $2,840week
33$4,785$1,800you save $2,985week
34$4,930$1,800you save $3,130week
35$5,075$1,800you save $3,275week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$1,350
Rental protection (RPP)
$202.50
Service fee
$135
Estimated total
$1,687.50

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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.