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.

16ft Dove Tail Car Trailer

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Bobby Cantrell · Car Hauler

Day
$75
Week
$394
28 days
$1,125

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $450. On the week rate it is $394.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,425. On the 28-day rate it is $1,125.

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 16ft Dove Tail Car Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$75$75—day
2$150$150—day
3$225$225—day
4$300$300—day
5$375$375—day
6$450$394you save $56week
7$525$394you save $131week
8$600$469you save $131week
9$675$544you save $131week
10$750$619you save $131week
11$825$694you save $131week
12$900$769you save $131week
13$975$788you save $187week
14$1,050$788you save $262week
15$1,125$863you save $262week
16$1,200$938you save $262week
17$1,275$1,013you save $262week
18$1,350$1,088you save $262week
19$1,425$1,125you save $30028-day
20$1,500$1,125you save $37528-day
21$1,575$1,125you save $45028-day
22$1,650$1,125you save $52528-day
23$1,725$1,125you save $60028-day
24$1,800$1,125you save $67528-day
25$1,875$1,125you save $75028-day
26$1,950$1,125you save $82528-day
27$2,025$1,125you save $90028-day
28$2,100$1,125you save $97528-day
29$2,175$1,200you save $975day
30$2,250$1,275you save $975day
31$2,325$1,350you save $975day
32$2,400$1,425you save $975day
33$2,475$1,500you save $975day
34$2,550$1,519you save $1,031week
35$2,625$1,519you save $1,106week

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
$1,125
Rental protection (RPP)
$168.75
Service fee
$112.50
Estimated total
$1,406.25

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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.