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.

Adjustable Dual Ball Hitch

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Upland Trailer Rentals

Day
$11
Week
$55
28 days
$220

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $66. On the week rate it is $55.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $286. On the 28-day rate it is $220.

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 Adjustable Dual Ball Hitch, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$11$11—day
2$22$22—day
3$33$33—day
4$44$44—day
5$55$55—day
6$66$55you save $11week
7$77$55you save $22week
8$88$66you save $22week
9$99$77you save $22week
10$110$88you save $22week
11$121$99you save $22week
12$132$110you save $22week
13$143$110you save $33week
14$154$110you save $44week
15$165$121you save $44week
16$176$132you save $44week
17$187$143you save $44week
18$198$154you save $44week
19$209$165you save $44week
20$220$165you save $55week
21$231$165you save $66week
22$242$176you save $66week
23$253$187you save $66week
24$264$198you save $66week
25$275$209you save $66week
26$286$220you save $6628-day
27$297$220you save $7728-day
28$308$220you save $8828-day
29$319$231you save $88day
30$330$242you save $88day
31$341$253you save $88day
32$352$264you save $88day
33$363$275you save $88day
34$374$275you save $99week
35$385$275you save $110week

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.