When is it cheaper to rent a 7x14 14k dump trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $165 day rate would be $660, but the weekly rate caps it at $500.

When is it cheaper to rent a 7x14 14k dump trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,200 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.

7x14 14k dump trailer

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max Johnson · Dump Trailer

Day: $165
Week: $500
28 days: $1,200

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $660. On the week rate it is $500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $2,640. On the 28-day rate it is $1,200.

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 7x14 14k dump trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$165	$165	—	day
2	$330	$330	—	day
3	$495	$495	—	day
4	$660	$500	you save $160	week
5	$825	$500	you save $325	week
6	$990	$500	you save $490	week
7	$1,155	$500	you save $655	week
8	$1,320	$665	you save $655	week
9	$1,485	$830	you save $655	week
10	$1,650	$995	you save $655	week
11	$1,815	$1,000	you save $815	week
12	$1,980	$1,000	you save $980	week
13	$2,145	$1,000	you save $1,145	week
14	$2,310	$1,000	you save $1,310	week
15	$2,475	$1,165	you save $1,310	week
16	$2,640	$1,200	you save $1,440	28-day
17	$2,805	$1,200	you save $1,605	28-day
18	$2,970	$1,200	you save $1,770	28-day
19	$3,135	$1,200	you save $1,935	28-day
20	$3,300	$1,200	you save $2,100	28-day
21	$3,465	$1,200	you save $2,265	28-day
22	$3,630	$1,200	you save $2,430	28-day
23	$3,795	$1,200	you save $2,595	28-day
24	$3,960	$1,200	you save $2,760	28-day
25	$4,125	$1,200	you save $2,925	28-day
26	$4,290	$1,200	you save $3,090	28-day
27	$4,455	$1,200	you save $3,255	28-day
28	$4,620	$1,200	you save $3,420	28-day
29	$4,785	$1,365	you save $3,420	day
30	$4,950	$1,530	you save $3,420	day
31	$5,115	$1,695	you save $3,420	day
32	$5,280	$1,700	you save $3,580	week
33	$5,445	$1,700	you save $3,745	week
34	$5,610	$1,700	you save $3,910	week
35	$5,775	$1,700	you save $4,075	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 16 days: $1,200
Rental protection (RPP): $180
Service fee: $120
Estimated total: $1,500

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.