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.

Large 6x14 Trailer with 4 Foot Sides

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Ethan Thompson · Flatbed

Day
$85
Week
$275
28 days
$650

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $340. On the week rate it is $275.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,360. On the 28-day rate it is $650.

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 Large 6x14 Trailer with 4 Foot Sides, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$85$85—day
2$170$170—day
3$255$255—day
4$340$275you save $65week
5$425$275you save $150week
6$510$275you save $235week
7$595$275you save $320week
8$680$360you save $320week
9$765$445you save $320week
10$850$530you save $320week
11$935$550you save $385week
12$1,020$550you save $470week
13$1,105$550you save $555week
14$1,190$550you save $640week
15$1,275$635you save $640week
16$1,360$650you save $71028-day
17$1,445$650you save $79528-day
18$1,530$650you save $88028-day
19$1,615$650you save $96528-day
20$1,700$650you save $1,05028-day
21$1,785$650you save $1,13528-day
22$1,870$650you save $1,22028-day
23$1,955$650you save $1,30528-day
24$2,040$650you save $1,39028-day
25$2,125$650you save $1,47528-day
26$2,210$650you save $1,56028-day
27$2,295$650you save $1,64528-day
28$2,380$650you save $1,73028-day
29$2,465$735you save $1,730day
30$2,550$820you save $1,730day
31$2,635$905you save $1,730day
32$2,720$925you save $1,795week
33$2,805$925you save $1,880week
34$2,890$925you save $1,965week
35$2,975$925you save $2,050week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days
$650
Rental protection (RPP)
$97.50
Service fee
$65
Estimated total
$812.50

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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.