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.

10k Dump Trailer

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Phillip Miller · Dump Trailer

Day
$125
Week
$375
28 days
$1,125

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $500. On the week rate it is $375.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $2,125. On the 28-day rate it is $1,125.

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 10k Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$125$125—day
2$250$250—day
3$375$375—day
4$500$375you save $125week
5$625$375you save $250week
6$750$375you save $375week
7$875$375you save $500week
8$1,000$500you save $500week
9$1,125$625you save $500week
10$1,250$750you save $500week
11$1,375$750you save $625week
12$1,500$750you save $750week
13$1,625$750you save $875week
14$1,750$750you save $1,000week
15$1,875$875you save $1,000week
16$2,000$1,000you save $1,000week
17$2,125$1,125you save $1,00028-day
18$2,250$1,125you save $1,12528-day
19$2,375$1,125you save $1,25028-day
20$2,500$1,125you save $1,37528-day
21$2,625$1,125you save $1,50028-day
22$2,750$1,125you save $1,62528-day
23$2,875$1,125you save $1,75028-day
24$3,000$1,125you save $1,87528-day
25$3,125$1,125you save $2,00028-day
26$3,250$1,125you save $2,12528-day
27$3,375$1,125you save $2,25028-day
28$3,500$1,125you save $2,37528-day
29$3,625$1,250you save $2,375day
30$3,750$1,375you save $2,375day
31$3,875$1,500you save $2,375day
32$4,000$1,500you save $2,500week
33$4,125$1,500you save $2,625week
34$4,250$1,500you save $2,750week
35$4,375$1,500you save $2,875week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$1,125
Rental protection (RPP)
$168.75
Service fee
$112.50
Estimated total
$1,406.25

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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.