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.

Dump Trailer

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Francisco Pinzon · Dump Trailer

Day
$110
Week
$254
28 days
$720

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $330. On the week rate it is $254.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $1,760. On the 28-day rate it is $720.

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 Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$110$110—day
2$220$220—day
3$330$254you save $76week
4$440$254you save $186week
5$550$254you save $296week
6$660$254you save $406week
7$770$254you save $516week
8$880$364you save $516week
9$990$474you save $516week
10$1,100$508you save $592week
11$1,210$508you save $702week
12$1,320$508you save $812week
13$1,430$508you save $922week
14$1,540$508you save $1,032week
15$1,650$618you save $1,032week
16$1,760$720you save $1,04028-day
17$1,870$720you save $1,15028-day
18$1,980$720you save $1,26028-day
19$2,090$720you save $1,37028-day
20$2,200$720you save $1,48028-day
21$2,310$720you save $1,59028-day
22$2,420$720you save $1,70028-day
23$2,530$720you save $1,81028-day
24$2,640$720you save $1,92028-day
25$2,750$720you save $2,03028-day
26$2,860$720you save $2,14028-day
27$2,970$720you save $2,25028-day
28$3,080$720you save $2,36028-day
29$3,190$830you save $2,360day
30$3,300$940you save $2,360day
31$3,410$974you save $2,436week
32$3,520$974you save $2,546week
33$3,630$974you save $2,656week
34$3,740$974you save $2,766week
35$3,850$974you save $2,876week

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.