When is it cheaper to rent a Enclosed Cargo Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $85 day rate would be $595, but the weekly rate caps it at $525.

When is it cheaper to rent a Enclosed Cargo Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 20. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,500 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.

Enclosed Cargo Trailer

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Elisabeth Stowe · Dry Van

Day: $85
Week: $525
28 days: $1,500

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $595. On the week rate it is $525.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $1,700. On the 28-day rate it is $1,500.

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 Enclosed Cargo Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$85	$85	—	day
2	$170	$170	—	day
3	$255	$255	—	day
4	$340	$340	—	day
5	$425	$425	—	day
6	$510	$510	—	day
7	$595	$525	you save $70	week
8	$680	$610	you save $70	week
9	$765	$695	you save $70	week
10	$850	$780	you save $70	week
11	$935	$865	you save $70	week
12	$1,020	$950	you save $70	week
13	$1,105	$1,035	you save $70	week
14	$1,190	$1,050	you save $140	week
15	$1,275	$1,135	you save $140	week
16	$1,360	$1,220	you save $140	week
17	$1,445	$1,305	you save $140	week
18	$1,530	$1,390	you save $140	week
19	$1,615	$1,475	you save $140	week
20	$1,700	$1,500	you save $200	28-day
21	$1,785	$1,500	you save $285	28-day
22	$1,870	$1,500	you save $370	28-day
23	$1,955	$1,500	you save $455	28-day
24	$2,040	$1,500	you save $540	28-day
25	$2,125	$1,500	you save $625	28-day
26	$2,210	$1,500	you save $710	28-day
27	$2,295	$1,500	you save $795	28-day
28	$2,380	$1,500	you save $880	28-day
29	$2,465	$1,585	you save $880	day
30	$2,550	$1,670	you save $880	day
31	$2,635	$1,755	you save $880	day
32	$2,720	$1,840	you save $880	day
33	$2,805	$1,925	you save $880	day
34	$2,890	$2,010	you save $880	day
35	$2,975	$2,025	you save $950	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 · 20 days: $1,500
Rental protection (RPP): $225
Service fee: $150
Estimated total: $1,875

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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.