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.

Hi Way Cargo Enclosed Trailer 5x10

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Joanathan Leone · Dry Van

Day
$33
Week
$162
28 days
$485

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $165. On the week rate it is $162.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $627. On the 28-day rate it is $485.

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 Hi Way Cargo Enclosed Trailer 5x10, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$33$33—day
2$66$66—day
3$99$99—day
4$132$132—day
5$165$162you save $3week
6$198$162you save $36week
7$231$162you save $69week
8$264$195you save $69week
9$297$228you save $69week
10$330$261you save $69week
11$363$294you save $69week
12$396$324you save $72week
13$429$324you save $105week
14$462$324you save $138week
15$495$357you save $138week
16$528$390you save $138week
17$561$423you save $138week
18$594$456you save $138week
19$627$485you save $14228-day
20$660$485you save $17528-day
21$693$485you save $20828-day
22$726$485you save $24128-day
23$759$485you save $27428-day
24$792$485you save $30728-day
25$825$485you save $34028-day
26$858$485you save $37328-day
27$891$485you save $40628-day
28$924$485you save $43928-day
29$957$518you save $439day
30$990$551you save $439day
31$1,023$584you save $439day
32$1,056$617you save $439day
33$1,089$647you save $442week
34$1,122$647you save $475week
35$1,155$647you save $508week

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
$485
Rental protection (RPP)
$72.75
Service fee
$48.50
Estimated total
$606.25

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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.