When is it cheaper to rent a 14’ Dump Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $96 day rate would be $576, but the weekly rate caps it at $480.

When is it cheaper to rent a 14’ Dump Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,920 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.

14’ Dump Trailer

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Connor Sweeney · Dump Trailer

Day: $96
Week: $480
28 days: $1,920

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $576. On the week rate it is $480.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $2,496. On the 28-day rate it is $1,920.

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 14’ Dump Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$96	$96	—	day
2	$192	$192	—	day
3	$288	$288	—	day
4	$384	$384	—	day
5	$480	$480	—	day
6	$576	$480	you save $96	week
7	$672	$480	you save $192	week
8	$768	$576	you save $192	week
9	$864	$672	you save $192	week
10	$960	$768	you save $192	week
11	$1,056	$864	you save $192	week
12	$1,152	$960	you save $192	week
13	$1,248	$960	you save $288	week
14	$1,344	$960	you save $384	week
15	$1,440	$1,056	you save $384	week
16	$1,536	$1,152	you save $384	week
17	$1,632	$1,248	you save $384	week
18	$1,728	$1,344	you save $384	week
19	$1,824	$1,440	you save $384	week
20	$1,920	$1,440	you save $480	week
21	$2,016	$1,440	you save $576	week
22	$2,112	$1,536	you save $576	week
23	$2,208	$1,632	you save $576	week
24	$2,304	$1,728	you save $576	week
25	$2,400	$1,824	you save $576	week
26	$2,496	$1,920	you save $576	28-day
27	$2,592	$1,920	you save $672	28-day
28	$2,688	$1,920	you save $768	28-day
29	$2,784	$2,016	you save $768	day
30	$2,880	$2,112	you save $768	day
31	$2,976	$2,208	you save $768	day
32	$3,072	$2,304	you save $768	day
33	$3,168	$2,400	you save $768	day
34	$3,264	$2,400	you save $864	week
35	$3,360	$2,400	you save $960	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 · 26 days: $1,920
Rental protection (RPP): $288
Service fee: $192
Estimated total: $2,400

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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.