When is it cheaper to rent a 7x14x4 Dump Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $250 day rate would be $1,250, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,138.

When is it cheaper to rent a 7x14x4 Dump Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,750 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.

7x14x4 Dump Trailer

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Emily Cardenas · Dump Trailer

Day: $250
Week: $1,138
28 days: $3,750

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,250. On the week rate it is $1,138.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $5,750. On the 28-day rate it is $3,750.

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 7x14x4 Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$250	$250	—	day
2	$500	$500	—	day
3	$750	$750	—	day
4	$1,000	$1,000	—	day
5	$1,250	$1,138	you save $112	week
6	$1,500	$1,138	you save $362	week
7	$1,750	$1,138	you save $612	week
8	$2,000	$1,388	you save $612	week
9	$2,250	$1,638	you save $612	week
10	$2,500	$1,888	you save $612	week
11	$2,750	$2,138	you save $612	week
12	$3,000	$2,276	you save $724	week
13	$3,250	$2,276	you save $974	week
14	$3,500	$2,276	you save $1,224	week
15	$3,750	$2,526	you save $1,224	week
16	$4,000	$2,776	you save $1,224	week
17	$4,250	$3,026	you save $1,224	week
18	$4,500	$3,276	you save $1,224	week
19	$4,750	$3,414	you save $1,336	week
20	$5,000	$3,414	you save $1,586	week
21	$5,250	$3,414	you save $1,836	week
22	$5,500	$3,664	you save $1,836	week
23	$5,750	$3,750	you save $2,000	28-day
24	$6,000	$3,750	you save $2,250	28-day
25	$6,250	$3,750	you save $2,500	28-day
26	$6,500	$3,750	you save $2,750	28-day
27	$6,750	$3,750	you save $3,000	28-day
28	$7,000	$3,750	you save $3,250	28-day
29	$7,250	$4,000	you save $3,250	day
30	$7,500	$4,250	you save $3,250	day
31	$7,750	$4,500	you save $3,250	day
32	$8,000	$4,750	you save $3,250	day
33	$8,250	$4,888	you save $3,362	week
34	$8,500	$4,888	you save $3,612	week
35	$8,750	$4,888	you save $3,862	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 · 23 days: $3,750
Rental protection (RPP): $562.50
Service fee: $375
Estimated total: $4,687.50

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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.