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.

Solar Arrow Board Trailer

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Daniel Mburu · Traffic Control - Arrow Boards

Day
$85
Week
$400
28 days
$800

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $425. On the week rate it is $400.

Weekly stops winning on

day 12

12 days at the day rate would be $1,020. On the 28-day rate it is $800.

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 Solar Arrow Board 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$340—day
5$425$400you save $25week
6$510$400you save $110week
7$595$400you save $195week
8$680$485you save $195week
9$765$570you save $195week
10$850$655you save $195week
11$935$740you save $195week
12$1,020$800you save $22028-day
13$1,105$800you save $30528-day
14$1,190$800you save $39028-day
15$1,275$800you save $47528-day
16$1,360$800you save $56028-day
17$1,445$800you save $64528-day
18$1,530$800you save $73028-day
19$1,615$800you save $81528-day
20$1,700$800you save $90028-day
21$1,785$800you save $98528-day
22$1,870$800you save $1,07028-day
23$1,955$800you save $1,15528-day
24$2,040$800you save $1,24028-day
25$2,125$800you save $1,32528-day
26$2,210$800you save $1,41028-day
27$2,295$800you save $1,49528-day
28$2,380$800you save $1,58028-day
29$2,465$885you save $1,580day
30$2,550$970you save $1,580day
31$2,635$1,055you save $1,580day
32$2,720$1,140you save $1,580day
33$2,805$1,200you save $1,605week
34$2,890$1,200you save $1,690week
35$2,975$1,200you save $1,775week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 12 days
$800
Rental protection (RPP)
$120
Service fee
$80
Estimated total
$1,000

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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.