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.

18Ft Car hauler.

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Trevor Hill · Car Hauler

Day
$155
Week
$455
28 days
$995

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $465. On the week rate it is $455.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $2,325. On the 28-day rate it is $995.

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 18Ft Car hauler., days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$155$155—day
2$310$310—day
3$465$455you save $10week
4$620$455you save $165week
5$775$455you save $320week
6$930$455you save $475week
7$1,085$455you save $630week
8$1,240$610you save $630week
9$1,395$765you save $630week
10$1,550$910you save $640week
11$1,705$910you save $795week
12$1,860$910you save $950week
13$2,015$910you save $1,105week
14$2,170$910you save $1,260week
15$2,325$995you save $1,33028-day
16$2,480$995you save $1,48528-day
17$2,635$995you save $1,64028-day
18$2,790$995you save $1,79528-day
19$2,945$995you save $1,95028-day
20$3,100$995you save $2,10528-day
21$3,255$995you save $2,26028-day
22$3,410$995you save $2,41528-day
23$3,565$995you save $2,57028-day
24$3,720$995you save $2,72528-day
25$3,875$995you save $2,88028-day
26$4,030$995you save $3,03528-day
27$4,185$995you save $3,19028-day
28$4,340$995you save $3,34528-day
29$4,495$1,150you save $3,345day
30$4,650$1,305you save $3,345day
31$4,805$1,450you save $3,355week
32$4,960$1,450you save $3,510week
33$5,115$1,450you save $3,665week
34$5,270$1,450you save $3,820week
35$5,425$1,450you save $3,975week

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.