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.

20' Car Hauler

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Chris Altis · Car Hauler

Day
$100
Week
$240
28 days
$800

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $240.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,200. On the 28-day rate it is $800.

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 20' Car Hauler, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$100$100—day
2$200$200—day
3$300$240you save $60week
4$400$240you save $160week
5$500$240you save $260week
6$600$240you save $360week
7$700$240you save $460week
8$800$340you save $460week
9$900$440you save $460week
10$1,000$480you save $520week
11$1,100$480you save $620week
12$1,200$480you save $720week
13$1,300$480you save $820week
14$1,400$480you save $920week
15$1,500$580you save $920week
16$1,600$680you save $920week
17$1,700$720you save $980week
18$1,800$720you save $1,080week
19$1,900$720you save $1,180week
20$2,000$720you save $1,280week
21$2,100$720you save $1,380week
22$2,200$800you save $1,40028-day
23$2,300$800you save $1,50028-day
24$2,400$800you save $1,60028-day
25$2,500$800you save $1,70028-day
26$2,600$800you save $1,80028-day
27$2,700$800you save $1,90028-day
28$2,800$800you save $2,00028-day
29$2,900$900you save $2,000day
30$3,000$1,000you save $2,000day
31$3,100$1,040you save $2,060week
32$3,200$1,040you save $2,160week
33$3,300$1,040you save $2,260week
34$3,400$1,040you save $2,360week
35$3,500$1,040you save $2,460week

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.