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

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josh hurt · Flatbed

Day
$60
Week
$360
28 days
$1,000

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $420. On the week rate it is $360.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,140. On the 28-day rate it is $1,000.

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, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$240—day
5$300$300—day
6$360$360—day
7$420$360you save $60week
8$480$420you save $60week
9$540$480you save $60week
10$600$540you save $60week
11$660$600you save $60week
12$720$660you save $60week
13$780$720you save $60week
14$840$720you save $120week
15$900$780you save $120week
16$960$840you save $120week
17$1,020$900you save $120week
18$1,080$960you save $120week
19$1,140$1,000you save $14028-day
20$1,200$1,000you save $20028-day
21$1,260$1,000you save $26028-day
22$1,320$1,000you save $32028-day
23$1,380$1,000you save $38028-day
24$1,440$1,000you save $44028-day
25$1,500$1,000you save $50028-day
26$1,560$1,000you save $56028-day
27$1,620$1,000you save $62028-day
28$1,680$1,000you save $68028-day
29$1,740$1,060you save $680day
30$1,800$1,120you save $680day
31$1,860$1,180you save $680day
32$1,920$1,240you save $680day
33$1,980$1,300you save $680day
34$2,040$1,360you save $680day
35$2,100$1,360you save $740week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 19 days
$1,000
Rental protection (RPP)
$150
Service fee
$100
Estimated total
$1,250

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.