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.

car trailer

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Mesa #1 · Car Hauler

Day
$85
Week
$339
28 days
$689

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $340. On the week rate it is $339.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,275. On the 28-day rate it is $689.

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 car trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$85$85—day
2$170$170—day
3$255$255—day
4$340$339you save $1week
5$425$339you save $86week
6$510$339you save $171week
7$595$339you save $256week
8$680$424you save $256week
9$765$509you save $256week
10$850$594you save $256week
11$935$678you save $257week
12$1,020$678you save $342week
13$1,105$678you save $427week
14$1,190$678you save $512week
15$1,275$689you save $58628-day
16$1,360$689you save $67128-day
17$1,445$689you save $75628-day
18$1,530$689you save $84128-day
19$1,615$689you save $92628-day
20$1,700$689you save $1,01128-day
21$1,785$689you save $1,09628-day
22$1,870$689you save $1,18128-day
23$1,955$689you save $1,26628-day
24$2,040$689you save $1,35128-day
25$2,125$689you save $1,43628-day
26$2,210$689you save $1,52128-day
27$2,295$689you save $1,60628-day
28$2,380$689you save $1,69128-day
29$2,465$774you save $1,691day
30$2,550$859you save $1,691day
31$2,635$944you save $1,691day
32$2,720$1,028you save $1,692week
33$2,805$1,028you save $1,777week
34$2,890$1,028you save $1,862week
35$2,975$1,028you save $1,947week

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.