When is it cheaper to rent a Vermeer RT 200 Walk-Behind Trencher by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $230 day rate would be $690, but the weekly rate caps it at $644.

When is it cheaper to rent a Vermeer RT 200 Walk-Behind Trencher on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,380 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.

Vermeer RT 200 Walk-Behind Trencher

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K&B Rentals LLC · Trencher - Walk-Behind - Gasoline

Day: $230
Week: $644
28 days: $1,380

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $690. On the week rate it is $644.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $3,450. On the 28-day rate it is $1,380.

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 Vermeer RT 200 Walk-Behind Trencher, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$230	$230	—	day
2	$460	$460	—	day
3	$690	$644	you save $46	week
4	$920	$644	you save $276	week
5	$1,150	$644	you save $506	week
6	$1,380	$644	you save $736	week
7	$1,610	$644	you save $966	week
8	$1,840	$874	you save $966	week
9	$2,070	$1,104	you save $966	week
10	$2,300	$1,288	you save $1,012	week
11	$2,530	$1,288	you save $1,242	week
12	$2,760	$1,288	you save $1,472	week
13	$2,990	$1,288	you save $1,702	week
14	$3,220	$1,288	you save $1,932	week
15	$3,450	$1,380	you save $2,070	28-day
16	$3,680	$1,380	you save $2,300	28-day
17	$3,910	$1,380	you save $2,530	28-day
18	$4,140	$1,380	you save $2,760	28-day
19	$4,370	$1,380	you save $2,990	28-day
20	$4,600	$1,380	you save $3,220	28-day
21	$4,830	$1,380	you save $3,450	28-day
22	$5,060	$1,380	you save $3,680	28-day
23	$5,290	$1,380	you save $3,910	28-day
24	$5,520	$1,380	you save $4,140	28-day
25	$5,750	$1,380	you save $4,370	28-day
26	$5,980	$1,380	you save $4,600	28-day
27	$6,210	$1,380	you save $4,830	28-day
28	$6,440	$1,380	you save $5,060	28-day
29	$6,670	$1,610	you save $5,060	day
30	$6,900	$1,840	you save $5,060	day
31	$7,130	$2,024	you save $5,106	week
32	$7,360	$2,024	you save $5,336	week
33	$7,590	$2,024	you save $5,566	week
34	$7,820	$2,024	you save $5,796	week
35	$8,050	$2,024	you save $6,026	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 · 15 days: $1,380
Rental protection (RPP): $207
Service fee: $138
Estimated total: $1,725

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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.