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.

4x6 utility trailer

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Small Utility Trailers

Day
$31
Week
$124
28 days
$372

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $155. On the week rate it is $124.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $558. On the 28-day rate it is $372.

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 4x6 utility trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$31$31—day
2$62$62—day
3$93$93—day
4$124$124—day
5$155$124you save $31week
6$186$124you save $62week
7$217$124you save $93week
8$248$155you save $93week
9$279$186you save $93week
10$310$217you save $93week
11$341$248you save $93week
12$372$248you save $124week
13$403$248you save $155week
14$434$248you save $186week
15$465$279you save $186week
16$496$310you save $186week
17$527$341you save $186week
18$558$372you save $18628-day
19$589$372you save $21728-day
20$620$372you save $24828-day
21$651$372you save $27928-day
22$682$372you save $31028-day
23$713$372you save $34128-day
24$744$372you save $37228-day
25$775$372you save $40328-day
26$806$372you save $43428-day
27$837$372you save $46528-day
28$868$372you save $49628-day
29$899$403you save $496day
30$930$434you save $496day
31$961$465you save $496day
32$992$496you save $496day
33$1,023$496you save $527week
34$1,054$496you save $558week
35$1,085$496you save $589week

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
$372
Rental protection (RPP)
$55.80
Service fee
$37.20
Estimated total
$465

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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.