When is it cheaper to rent a Dump trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $90 day rate would be $630, but the weekly rate caps it at $540.

When is it cheaper to rent a Dump trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 27. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,160 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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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Robert Christensen · Dump Trailer

Day: $90
Week: $540
28 days: $2,160

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $630. On the week rate it is $540.

Weekly stops winning on

day 27

27 days at the day rate would be $2,430. On the 28-day rate it is $2,160.

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
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$90	$90	—	day
2	$180	$180	—	day
3	$270	$270	—	day
4	$360	$360	—	day
5	$450	$450	—	day
6	$540	$540	—	day
7	$630	$540	you save $90	week
8	$720	$630	you save $90	week
9	$810	$720	you save $90	week
10	$900	$810	you save $90	week
11	$990	$900	you save $90	week
12	$1,080	$990	you save $90	week
13	$1,170	$1,080	you save $90	week
14	$1,260	$1,080	you save $180	week
15	$1,350	$1,170	you save $180	week
16	$1,440	$1,260	you save $180	week
17	$1,530	$1,350	you save $180	week
18	$1,620	$1,440	you save $180	week
19	$1,710	$1,530	you save $180	week
20	$1,800	$1,620	you save $180	week
21	$1,890	$1,620	you save $270	week
22	$1,980	$1,710	you save $270	week
23	$2,070	$1,800	you save $270	week
24	$2,160	$1,890	you save $270	week
25	$2,250	$1,980	you save $270	week
26	$2,340	$2,070	you save $270	week
27	$2,430	$2,160	you save $270	28-day
28	$2,520	$2,160	you save $360	28-day
29	$2,610	$2,250	you save $360	day
30	$2,700	$2,340	you save $360	day
31	$2,790	$2,430	you save $360	day
32	$2,880	$2,520	you save $360	day
33	$2,970	$2,610	you save $360	day
34	$3,060	$2,700	you save $360	day
35	$3,150	$2,700	you save $450	week

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.