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.

Iron Bull 7x14 Dump Trailer

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Christopher Jorgensen · Dump Trailer

Day
$130
Week
$646
28 days
$1,950

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $650. On the week rate it is $646.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,860. On the 28-day rate it is $1,950.

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 Iron Bull 7x14 Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$130$130—day
2$260$260—day
3$390$390—day
4$520$520—day
5$650$646you save $4week
6$780$646you save $134week
7$910$646you save $264week
8$1,040$776you save $264week
9$1,170$906you save $264week
10$1,300$1,036you save $264week
11$1,430$1,166you save $264week
12$1,560$1,292you save $268week
13$1,690$1,292you save $398week
14$1,820$1,292you save $528week
15$1,950$1,422you save $528week
16$2,080$1,552you save $528week
17$2,210$1,682you save $528week
18$2,340$1,812you save $528week
19$2,470$1,938you save $532week
20$2,600$1,938you save $662week
21$2,730$1,938you save $792week
22$2,860$1,950you save $91028-day
23$2,990$1,950you save $1,04028-day
24$3,120$1,950you save $1,17028-day
25$3,250$1,950you save $1,30028-day
26$3,380$1,950you save $1,43028-day
27$3,510$1,950you save $1,56028-day
28$3,640$1,950you save $1,69028-day
29$3,770$2,080you save $1,690day
30$3,900$2,210you save $1,690day
31$4,030$2,340you save $1,690day
32$4,160$2,470you save $1,690day
33$4,290$2,596you save $1,694week
34$4,420$2,596you save $1,824week
35$4,550$2,596you save $1,954week

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.