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.

5x10 Trailer

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Small Utility Trailers

Day
$50
Week
$199
28 days
$595

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $200. On the week rate it is $199.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $900. On the 28-day rate it is $595.

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 5x10 Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$50$50—day
2$100$100—day
3$150$150—day
4$200$199you save $1week
5$250$199you save $51week
6$300$199you save $101week
7$350$199you save $151week
8$400$249you save $151week
9$450$299you save $151week
10$500$349you save $151week
11$550$398you save $152week
12$600$398you save $202week
13$650$398you save $252week
14$700$398you save $302week
15$750$448you save $302week
16$800$498you save $302week
17$850$548you save $302week
18$900$595you save $30528-day
19$950$595you save $35528-day
20$1,000$595you save $40528-day
21$1,050$595you save $45528-day
22$1,100$595you save $50528-day
23$1,150$595you save $55528-day
24$1,200$595you save $60528-day
25$1,250$595you save $65528-day
26$1,300$595you save $70528-day
27$1,350$595you save $75528-day
28$1,400$595you save $80528-day
29$1,450$645you save $805day
30$1,500$695you save $805day
31$1,550$745you save $805day
32$1,600$794you save $806week
33$1,650$794you save $856week
34$1,700$794you save $906week
35$1,750$794you save $956week

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
$595
Rental protection (RPP)
$89.25
Service fee
$59.50
Estimated total
$743.75

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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.