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.

Utility Trailer with Ramp

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Bradley Boardwine · Flatbed

Day
$43
Week
$184
28 days
$555

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $215. On the week rate it is $184.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $946. On the 28-day rate it is $555.

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 Utility Trailer with Ramp, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$43$43—day
2$86$86—day
3$129$129—day
4$172$172—day
5$215$184you save $31week
6$258$184you save $74week
7$301$184you save $117week
8$344$227you save $117week
9$387$270you save $117week
10$430$313you save $117week
11$473$356you save $117week
12$516$368you save $148week
13$559$368you save $191week
14$602$368you save $234week
15$645$411you save $234week
16$688$454you save $234week
17$731$497you save $234week
18$774$540you save $234week
19$817$552you save $265week
20$860$552you save $308week
21$903$552you save $351week
22$946$555you save $39128-day
23$989$555you save $43428-day
24$1,032$555you save $47728-day
25$1,075$555you save $52028-day
26$1,118$555you save $56328-day
27$1,161$555you save $60628-day
28$1,204$555you save $64928-day
29$1,247$598you save $649day
30$1,290$641you save $649day
31$1,333$684you save $649day
32$1,376$727you save $649day
33$1,419$739you save $680week
34$1,462$739you save $723week
35$1,505$739you save $766week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.