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’ X 5’ Utility trailer with ramp

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William Meche · Small Utility Trailers

Day
$60
Week
$250
28 days
$800

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $300. On the week rate it is $250.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,320. On the 28-day rate it is $800.

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’ X 5’ Utility trailer with ramp, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$60$60—day
2$120$120—day
3$180$180—day
4$240$240—day
5$300$250you save $50week
6$360$250you save $110week
7$420$250you save $170week
8$480$310you save $170week
9$540$370you save $170week
10$600$430you save $170week
11$660$490you save $170week
12$720$500you save $220week
13$780$500you save $280week
14$840$500you save $340week
15$900$560you save $340week
16$960$620you save $340week
17$1,020$680you save $340week
18$1,080$740you save $340week
19$1,140$750you save $390week
20$1,200$750you save $450week
21$1,260$750you save $510week
22$1,320$800you save $52028-day
23$1,380$800you save $58028-day
24$1,440$800you save $64028-day
25$1,500$800you save $70028-day
26$1,560$800you save $76028-day
27$1,620$800you save $82028-day
28$1,680$800you save $88028-day
29$1,740$860you save $880day
30$1,800$920you save $880day
31$1,860$980you save $880day
32$1,920$1,040you save $880day
33$1,980$1,050you save $930week
34$2,040$1,050you save $990week
35$2,100$1,050you save $1,050week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$800
Rental protection (RPP)
$120
Service fee
$80
Estimated total
$1,000

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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.