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.

28Ft Enclosed Car Hauler Trailer

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Hayden Lammermann · Car Hauler

Day
$77
Week
$459
28 days
$1,377

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $462. On the week rate it is $459.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $1,540. On the 28-day rate it is $1,377.

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 28Ft Enclosed Car Hauler Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$77$77—day
2$154$154—day
3$231$231—day
4$308$308—day
5$385$385—day
6$462$459you save $3week
7$539$459you save $80week
8$616$536you save $80week
9$693$613you save $80week
10$770$690you save $80week
11$847$767you save $80week
12$924$844you save $80week
13$1,001$918you save $83week
14$1,078$918you save $160week
15$1,155$995you save $160week
16$1,232$1,072you save $160week
17$1,309$1,149you save $160week
18$1,386$1,226you save $160week
19$1,463$1,303you save $160week
20$1,540$1,377you save $16328-day
21$1,617$1,377you save $24028-day
22$1,694$1,377you save $31728-day
23$1,771$1,377you save $39428-day
24$1,848$1,377you save $47128-day
25$1,925$1,377you save $54828-day
26$2,002$1,377you save $62528-day
27$2,079$1,377you save $70228-day
28$2,156$1,377you save $77928-day
29$2,233$1,454you save $779day
30$2,310$1,531you save $779day
31$2,387$1,608you save $779day
32$2,464$1,685you save $779day
33$2,541$1,762you save $779day
34$2,618$1,836you save $782week
35$2,695$1,836you save $859week

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.