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.

Single Axle Dump Trailer 5x8

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Dump Trailer

Day
$149
Week
$595
28 days
$1,785

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $596. On the week rate it is $595.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $2,682. On the 28-day rate it is $1,785.

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 Single Axle Dump Trailer 5x8, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$149$149—day
2$298$298—day
3$447$447—day
4$596$595you save $1week
5$745$595you save $150week
6$894$595you save $299week
7$1,043$595you save $448week
8$1,192$744you save $448week
9$1,341$893you save $448week
10$1,490$1,042you save $448week
11$1,639$1,190you save $449week
12$1,788$1,190you save $598week
13$1,937$1,190you save $747week
14$2,086$1,190you save $896week
15$2,235$1,339you save $896week
16$2,384$1,488you save $896week
17$2,533$1,637you save $896week
18$2,682$1,785you save $89728-day
19$2,831$1,785you save $1,04628-day
20$2,980$1,785you save $1,19528-day
21$3,129$1,785you save $1,34428-day
22$3,278$1,785you save $1,49328-day
23$3,427$1,785you save $1,64228-day
24$3,576$1,785you save $1,79128-day
25$3,725$1,785you save $1,94028-day
26$3,874$1,785you save $2,08928-day
27$4,023$1,785you save $2,23828-day
28$4,172$1,785you save $2,38728-day
29$4,321$1,934you save $2,387day
30$4,470$2,083you save $2,387day
31$4,619$2,232you save $2,387day
32$4,768$2,380you save $2,388week
33$4,917$2,380you save $2,537week
34$5,066$2,380you save $2,686week
35$5,215$2,380you save $2,835week

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
$1,785
Rental protection (RPP)
$267.75
Service fee
$178.50
Estimated total
$2,231.25

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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.