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.

TransCube Transportable Double Walled Fuel Tank

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Daniel Sheridan · Site Support - Fuel Cubes

Day
$160
Week
$600
28 days
$850

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $640. On the week rate it is $600.

Weekly stops winning on

day 9

9 days at the day rate would be $1,440. On the 28-day rate it is $850.

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 TransCube Transportable Double Walled Fuel Tank, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$160$160—day
2$320$320—day
3$480$480—day
4$640$600you save $40week
5$800$600you save $200week
6$960$600you save $360week
7$1,120$600you save $520week
8$1,280$760you save $520week
9$1,440$850you save $59028-day
10$1,600$850you save $75028-day
11$1,760$850you save $91028-day
12$1,920$850you save $1,07028-day
13$2,080$850you save $1,23028-day
14$2,240$850you save $1,39028-day
15$2,400$850you save $1,55028-day
16$2,560$850you save $1,71028-day
17$2,720$850you save $1,87028-day
18$2,880$850you save $2,03028-day
19$3,040$850you save $2,19028-day
20$3,200$850you save $2,35028-day
21$3,360$850you save $2,51028-day
22$3,520$850you save $2,67028-day
23$3,680$850you save $2,83028-day
24$3,840$850you save $2,99028-day
25$4,000$850you save $3,15028-day
26$4,160$850you save $3,31028-day
27$4,320$850you save $3,47028-day
28$4,480$850you save $3,63028-day
29$4,640$1,010you save $3,630day
30$4,800$1,170you save $3,630day
31$4,960$1,330you save $3,630day
32$5,120$1,450you save $3,670week
33$5,280$1,450you save $3,830week
34$5,440$1,450you save $3,990week
35$5,600$1,450you save $4,150week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 9 days
$850
Rental protection (RPP)
$127.50
Service fee
$85
Estimated total
$1,062.50

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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.