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.

Moving Blanket 80''x72''

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Upland Trailer Rentals · Moving Aids

Day
$1
Week
$5
28 days
$20

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $6. On the week rate it is $5.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $26. On the 28-day rate it is $20.

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 Moving Blanket 80''x72'', days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$1$1—day
2$2$2—day
3$3$3—day
4$4$4—day
5$5$5—day
6$6$5you save $1week
7$7$5you save $2week
8$8$6you save $2week
9$9$7you save $2week
10$10$8you save $2week
11$11$9you save $2week
12$12$10you save $2week
13$13$10you save $3week
14$14$10you save $4week
15$15$11you save $4week
16$16$12you save $4week
17$17$13you save $4week
18$18$14you save $4week
19$19$15you save $4week
20$20$15you save $5week
21$21$15you save $6week
22$22$16you save $6week
23$23$17you save $6week
24$24$18you save $6week
25$25$19you save $6week
26$26$20you save $628-day
27$27$20you save $728-day
28$28$20you save $828-day
29$29$21you save $8day
30$30$22you save $8day
31$31$23you save $8day
32$32$24you save $8day
33$33$25you save $8day
34$34$25you save $9week
35$35$25you save $10week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 26 days
$20
Rental protection (RPP)
$3
Service fee
$2
Estimated total
$25

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.