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.

20'x83" Top Hat Heavy Hauler Utility Trailer

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Jeff Dodson · Car Hauler

Day
$101.15
Week
$531
28 days
$1,821

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $606.90. On the week rate it is $531.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $2,427.60. On the 28-day rate it is $1,821.

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 20'x83" Top Hat Heavy Hauler Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$101.15$101.15—day
2$202.30$202.30—day
3$303.45$303.45—day
4$404.60$404.60—day
5$505.75$505.75—day
6$606.90$531you save $75.90week
7$708.05$531you save $177.05week
8$809.20$632.15you save $177.05week
9$910.35$733.30you save $177.05week
10$1,011.50$834.45you save $177.05week
11$1,112.65$935.60you save $177.05week
12$1,213.80$1,036.75you save $177.05week
13$1,314.95$1,062you save $252.95week
14$1,416.10$1,062you save $354.10week
15$1,517.25$1,163.15you save $354.10week
16$1,618.40$1,264.30you save $354.10week
17$1,719.55$1,365.45you save $354.10week
18$1,820.70$1,466.60you save $354.10week
19$1,921.85$1,567.75you save $354.10week
20$2,023$1,593you save $430week
21$2,124.15$1,593you save $531.15week
22$2,225.30$1,694.15you save $531.15week
23$2,326.45$1,795.30you save $531.15week
24$2,427.60$1,821you save $606.6028-day
25$2,528.75$1,821you save $707.7528-day
26$2,629.90$1,821you save $808.9028-day
27$2,731.05$1,821you save $910.0528-day
28$2,832.20$1,821you save $1,011.2028-day
29$2,933.35$1,922.15you save $1,011.20day
30$3,034.50$2,023.30you save $1,011.20day
31$3,135.65$2,124.45you save $1,011.20day
32$3,236.80$2,225.60you save $1,011.20day
33$3,337.95$2,326.75you save $1,011.20day
34$3,439.10$2,352you save $1,087.10week
35$3,540.25$2,352you save $1,188.25week

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.