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.

6X12 Dump Trailer

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Austin Spang · Dump Trailer

Day
$64
Week
$383
28 days
$1,148

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $384. On the week rate it is $383.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $1,280. On the 28-day rate it is $1,148.

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 6X12 Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$64$64—day
2$128$128—day
3$192$192—day
4$256$256—day
5$320$320—day
6$384$383you save $1week
7$448$383you save $65week
8$512$447you save $65week
9$576$511you save $65week
10$640$575you save $65week
11$704$639you save $65week
12$768$703you save $65week
13$832$766you save $66week
14$896$766you save $130week
15$960$830you save $130week
16$1,024$894you save $130week
17$1,088$958you save $130week
18$1,152$1,022you save $130week
19$1,216$1,086you save $130week
20$1,280$1,148you save $13228-day
21$1,344$1,148you save $19628-day
22$1,408$1,148you save $26028-day
23$1,472$1,148you save $32428-day
24$1,536$1,148you save $38828-day
25$1,600$1,148you save $45228-day
26$1,664$1,148you save $51628-day
27$1,728$1,148you save $58028-day
28$1,792$1,148you save $64428-day
29$1,856$1,212you save $644day
30$1,920$1,276you save $644day
31$1,984$1,340you save $644day
32$2,048$1,404you save $644day
33$2,112$1,468you save $644day
34$2,176$1,531you save $645week
35$2,240$1,531you save $709week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 20 days
$1,148
Rental protection (RPP)
$172.20
Service fee
$114.80
Estimated total
$1,435

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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.