When is it cheaper to rent a Polestar 10' Dump Trailer 2022 by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $85 day rate would be $425, but the weekly rate caps it at $370.

When is it cheaper to rent a Polestar 10' Dump Trailer 2022 on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,100 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.

Polestar 10' Dump Trailer 2022

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Brian Craft · Dump Trailer

Day: $85
Week: $370
28 days: $1,100

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $425. On the week rate it is $370.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,615. On the 28-day rate it is $1,100.

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 Polestar 10' Dump Trailer 2022, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$85	$85	—	day
2	$170	$170	—	day
3	$255	$255	—	day
4	$340	$340	—	day
5	$425	$370	you save $55	week
6	$510	$370	you save $140	week
7	$595	$370	you save $225	week
8	$680	$455	you save $225	week
9	$765	$540	you save $225	week
10	$850	$625	you save $225	week
11	$935	$710	you save $225	week
12	$1,020	$740	you save $280	week
13	$1,105	$740	you save $365	week
14	$1,190	$740	you save $450	week
15	$1,275	$825	you save $450	week
16	$1,360	$910	you save $450	week
17	$1,445	$995	you save $450	week
18	$1,530	$1,080	you save $450	week
19	$1,615	$1,100	you save $515	28-day
20	$1,700	$1,100	you save $600	28-day
21	$1,785	$1,100	you save $685	28-day
22	$1,870	$1,100	you save $770	28-day
23	$1,955	$1,100	you save $855	28-day
24	$2,040	$1,100	you save $940	28-day
25	$2,125	$1,100	you save $1,025	28-day
26	$2,210	$1,100	you save $1,110	28-day
27	$2,295	$1,100	you save $1,195	28-day
28	$2,380	$1,100	you save $1,280	28-day
29	$2,465	$1,185	you save $1,280	day
30	$2,550	$1,270	you save $1,280	day
31	$2,635	$1,355	you save $1,280	day
32	$2,720	$1,440	you save $1,280	day
33	$2,805	$1,470	you save $1,335	week
34	$2,890	$1,470	you save $1,420	week
35	$2,975	$1,470	you save $1,505	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days: $1,100
Rental protection (RPP): $165
Service fee: $110
Estimated total: $1,375

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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.