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.

Big Tex 14LP Dump Trailer

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Zak Holland · Dump Trailer

Day
$79
Week
$319
28 days
$949

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $395. On the week rate it is $319.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,422. On the 28-day rate it is $949.

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 Big Tex 14LP Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$79$79—day
2$158$158—day
3$237$237—day
4$316$316—day
5$395$319you save $76week
6$474$319you save $155week
7$553$319you save $234week
8$632$398you save $234week
9$711$477you save $234week
10$790$556you save $234week
11$869$635you save $234week
12$948$638you save $310week
13$1,027$638you save $389week
14$1,106$638you save $468week
15$1,185$717you save $468week
16$1,264$796you save $468week
17$1,343$875you save $468week
18$1,422$949you save $47328-day
19$1,501$949you save $55228-day
20$1,580$949you save $63128-day
21$1,659$949you save $71028-day
22$1,738$949you save $78928-day
23$1,817$949you save $86828-day
24$1,896$949you save $94728-day
25$1,975$949you save $1,02628-day
26$2,054$949you save $1,10528-day
27$2,133$949you save $1,18428-day
28$2,212$949you save $1,26328-day
29$2,291$1,028you save $1,263day
30$2,370$1,107you save $1,263day
31$2,449$1,186you save $1,263day
32$2,528$1,265you save $1,263day
33$2,607$1,268you save $1,339week
34$2,686$1,268you save $1,418week
35$2,765$1,268you save $1,497week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$949
Rental protection (RPP)
$142.35
Service fee
$94.90
Estimated total
$1,186.25

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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.