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.

10 ft Utility Trailer

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K&B Rentals LLC · Flatbed

Day
$70
Week
$370
28 days
$750

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $420. On the week rate it is $370.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $1,050. On the 28-day rate it is $750.

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 10 ft Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$70$70—day
2$140$140—day
3$210$210—day
4$280$280—day
5$350$350—day
6$420$370you save $50week
7$490$370you save $120week
8$560$440you save $120week
9$630$510you save $120week
10$700$580you save $120week
11$770$650you save $120week
12$840$720you save $120week
13$910$740you save $170week
14$980$740you save $240week
15$1,050$750you save $30028-day
16$1,120$750you save $37028-day
17$1,190$750you save $44028-day
18$1,260$750you save $51028-day
19$1,330$750you save $58028-day
20$1,400$750you save $65028-day
21$1,470$750you save $72028-day
22$1,540$750you save $79028-day
23$1,610$750you save $86028-day
24$1,680$750you save $93028-day
25$1,750$750you save $1,00028-day
26$1,820$750you save $1,07028-day
27$1,890$750you save $1,14028-day
28$1,960$750you save $1,21028-day
29$2,030$820you save $1,210day
30$2,100$890you save $1,210day
31$2,170$960you save $1,210day
32$2,240$1,030you save $1,210day
33$2,310$1,100you save $1,210day
34$2,380$1,120you save $1,260week
35$2,450$1,120you save $1,330week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days
$750
Rental protection (RPP)
$112.50
Service fee
$37.50
Estimated total
$900

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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.