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’ flatbed/carhauler

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Alan Frazzell · Flatbed

Day
$94
Week
$468
28 days
$1,403

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $470. On the week rate it is $468.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,786. On the 28-day rate it is $1,403.

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’ flatbed/carhauler, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$94$94—day
2$188$188—day
3$282$282—day
4$376$376—day
5$470$468you save $2week
6$564$468you save $96week
7$658$468you save $190week
8$752$562you save $190week
9$846$656you save $190week
10$940$750you save $190week
11$1,034$844you save $190week
12$1,128$936you save $192week
13$1,222$936you save $286week
14$1,316$936you save $380week
15$1,410$1,030you save $380week
16$1,504$1,124you save $380week
17$1,598$1,218you save $380week
18$1,692$1,312you save $380week
19$1,786$1,403you save $38328-day
20$1,880$1,403you save $47728-day
21$1,974$1,403you save $57128-day
22$2,068$1,403you save $66528-day
23$2,162$1,403you save $75928-day
24$2,256$1,403you save $85328-day
25$2,350$1,403you save $94728-day
26$2,444$1,403you save $1,04128-day
27$2,538$1,403you save $1,13528-day
28$2,632$1,403you save $1,22928-day
29$2,726$1,497you save $1,229day
30$2,820$1,591you save $1,229day
31$2,914$1,685you save $1,229day
32$3,008$1,779you save $1,229day
33$3,102$1,871you save $1,231week
34$3,196$1,871you save $1,325week
35$3,290$1,871you save $1,419week

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.