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.

20'x8.5' Car Hauler UTR Sandstorm Edition

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Upland Trailer Rentals · Car Hauler

Day
$120
Week
$646
28 days
$1,846

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $720. On the week rate it is $646.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $2,280. On the 28-day rate it is $1,846.

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 20'x8.5' Car Hauler UTR Sandstorm Edition, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$120$120—day
2$240$240—day
3$360$360—day
4$480$480—day
5$600$600—day
6$720$646you save $74week
7$840$646you save $194week
8$960$766you save $194week
9$1,080$886you save $194week
10$1,200$1,006you save $194week
11$1,320$1,126you save $194week
12$1,440$1,246you save $194week
13$1,560$1,292you save $268week
14$1,680$1,292you save $388week
15$1,800$1,412you save $388week
16$1,920$1,532you save $388week
17$2,040$1,652you save $388week
18$2,160$1,772you save $388week
19$2,280$1,846you save $43428-day
20$2,400$1,846you save $55428-day
21$2,520$1,846you save $67428-day
22$2,640$1,846you save $79428-day
23$2,760$1,846you save $91428-day
24$2,880$1,846you save $1,03428-day
25$3,000$1,846you save $1,15428-day
26$3,120$1,846you save $1,27428-day
27$3,240$1,846you save $1,39428-day
28$3,360$1,846you save $1,51428-day
29$3,480$1,966you save $1,514day
30$3,600$2,086you save $1,514day
31$3,720$2,206you save $1,514day
32$3,840$2,326you save $1,514day
33$3,960$2,446you save $1,514day
34$4,080$2,492you save $1,588week
35$4,200$2,492you save $1,708week

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.