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.

8x6 Utility Trailer

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Arthur Chidester · Flatbed

Day
$30
Week
$179
28 days
$536

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $180. On the week rate it is $179.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $600. On the 28-day rate it is $536.

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 8x6 Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$30$30—day
2$60$60—day
3$90$90—day
4$120$120—day
5$150$150—day
6$180$179you save $1week
7$210$179you save $31week
8$240$209you save $31week
9$270$239you save $31week
10$300$269you save $31week
11$330$299you save $31week
12$360$329you save $31week
13$390$358you save $32week
14$420$358you save $62week
15$450$388you save $62week
16$480$418you save $62week
17$510$448you save $62week
18$540$478you save $62week
19$570$508you save $62week
20$600$536you save $6428-day
21$630$536you save $9428-day
22$660$536you save $12428-day
23$690$536you save $15428-day
24$720$536you save $18428-day
25$750$536you save $21428-day
26$780$536you save $24428-day
27$810$536you save $27428-day
28$840$536you save $30428-day
29$870$566you save $304day
30$900$596you save $304day
31$930$626you save $304day
32$960$656you save $304day
33$990$686you save $304day
34$1,020$715you save $305week
35$1,050$715you save $335week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 20 days
$536
Rental protection (RPP)
$80.40
Service fee
$53.60
Estimated total
$670

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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.