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.

Carryon utility trailer 4x8 2000 lb. (FREE delivery)

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JR Equipment Rentals · Flatbed

Day
$28
Week
$118
28 days
$336

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $140. On the week rate it is $118.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $504. On the 28-day rate it is $336.

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 Carryon utility trailer 4x8 2000 lb. (FREE delivery), days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$28$28—day
2$56$56—day
3$84$84—day
4$112$112—day
5$140$118you save $22week
6$168$118you save $50week
7$196$118you save $78week
8$224$146you save $78week
9$252$174you save $78week
10$280$202you save $78week
11$308$230you save $78week
12$336$236you save $100week
13$364$236you save $128week
14$392$236you save $156week
15$420$264you save $156week
16$448$292you save $156week
17$476$320you save $156week
18$504$336you save $16828-day
19$532$336you save $19628-day
20$560$336you save $22428-day
21$588$336you save $25228-day
22$616$336you save $28028-day
23$644$336you save $30828-day
24$672$336you save $33628-day
25$700$336you save $36428-day
26$728$336you save $39228-day
27$756$336you save $42028-day
28$784$336you save $44828-day
29$812$364you save $448day
30$840$392you save $448day
31$868$420you save $448day
32$896$448you save $448day
33$924$454you save $470week
34$952$454you save $498week
35$980$454you save $526week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$336
Rental protection (RPP)
$50.40
Service fee
$33.60
Estimated total
$420

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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.