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.

Motorcycle Trailer

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Jared Bielunis · Flatbed

Day
$39
Week
$169
28 days
$279

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $195. On the week rate it is $169.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $390. On the 28-day rate it is $279.

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 Motorcycle Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$39$39—day
2$78$78—day
3$117$117—day
4$156$156—day
5$195$169you save $26week
6$234$169you save $65week
7$273$169you save $104week
8$312$208you save $104week
9$351$247you save $104week
10$390$279you save $11128-day
11$429$279you save $15028-day
12$468$279you save $18928-day
13$507$279you save $22828-day
14$546$279you save $26728-day
15$585$279you save $30628-day
16$624$279you save $34528-day
17$663$279you save $38428-day
18$702$279you save $42328-day
19$741$279you save $46228-day
20$780$279you save $50128-day
21$819$279you save $54028-day
22$858$279you save $57928-day
23$897$279you save $61828-day
24$936$279you save $65728-day
25$975$279you save $69628-day
26$1,014$279you save $73528-day
27$1,053$279you save $77428-day
28$1,092$279you save $81328-day
29$1,131$318you save $813day
30$1,170$357you save $813day
31$1,209$396you save $813day
32$1,248$435you save $813day
33$1,287$448you save $839week
34$1,326$448you save $878week
35$1,365$448you save $917week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 10 days
$279
Rental protection (RPP)
$41.85
Service fee
$27.90
Estimated total
$348.75

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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.