When is it cheaper to rent a 7000 Pound Dump Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $90 day rate would be $450, but the weekly rate caps it at $422.

When is it cheaper to rent a 7000 Pound Dump Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,431 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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.

7000 Pound Dump Trailer

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Ryan Dick · Dump Trailer

Day: $90
Week: $422
28 days: $1,431

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $450. On the week rate it is $422.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $2,070. On the 28-day rate it is $1,431.

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 7000 Pound Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$90	$90	—	day
2	$180	$180	—	day
3	$270	$270	—	day
4	$360	$360	—	day
5	$450	$422	you save $28	week
6	$540	$422	you save $118	week
7	$630	$422	you save $208	week
8	$720	$512	you save $208	week
9	$810	$602	you save $208	week
10	$900	$692	you save $208	week
11	$990	$782	you save $208	week
12	$1,080	$844	you save $236	week
13	$1,170	$844	you save $326	week
14	$1,260	$844	you save $416	week
15	$1,350	$934	you save $416	week
16	$1,440	$1,024	you save $416	week
17	$1,530	$1,114	you save $416	week
18	$1,620	$1,204	you save $416	week
19	$1,710	$1,266	you save $444	week
20	$1,800	$1,266	you save $534	week
21	$1,890	$1,266	you save $624	week
22	$1,980	$1,356	you save $624	week
23	$2,070	$1,431	you save $639	28-day
24	$2,160	$1,431	you save $729	28-day
25	$2,250	$1,431	you save $819	28-day
26	$2,340	$1,431	you save $909	28-day
27	$2,430	$1,431	you save $999	28-day
28	$2,520	$1,431	you save $1,089	28-day
29	$2,610	$1,521	you save $1,089	day
30	$2,700	$1,611	you save $1,089	day
31	$2,790	$1,701	you save $1,089	day
32	$2,880	$1,791	you save $1,089	day
33	$2,970	$1,853	you save $1,117	week
34	$3,060	$1,853	you save $1,207	week
35	$3,150	$1,853	you save $1,297	week

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.