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

From day 7. 7 days at the $60 day rate would be $420, but the weekly rate caps it at $360.

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

From day 27. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,420 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.

Utility Trailer

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Jeremy Carpentef · Flatbed

Day: $60
Week: $360
28 days: $1,420

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $420. On the week rate it is $360.

Weekly stops winning on

day 27

27 days at the day rate would be $1,620. On the 28-day rate it is $1,420.

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 Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$60	$60	—	day
2	$120	$120	—	day
3	$180	$180	—	day
4	$240	$240	—	day
5	$300	$300	—	day
6	$360	$360	—	day
7	$420	$360	you save $60	week
8	$480	$420	you save $60	week
9	$540	$480	you save $60	week
10	$600	$540	you save $60	week
11	$660	$600	you save $60	week
12	$720	$660	you save $60	week
13	$780	$720	you save $60	week
14	$840	$720	you save $120	week
15	$900	$780	you save $120	week
16	$960	$840	you save $120	week
17	$1,020	$900	you save $120	week
18	$1,080	$960	you save $120	week
19	$1,140	$1,020	you save $120	week
20	$1,200	$1,080	you save $120	week
21	$1,260	$1,080	you save $180	week
22	$1,320	$1,140	you save $180	week
23	$1,380	$1,200	you save $180	week
24	$1,440	$1,260	you save $180	week
25	$1,500	$1,320	you save $180	week
26	$1,560	$1,380	you save $180	week
27	$1,620	$1,420	you save $200	28-day
28	$1,680	$1,420	you save $260	28-day
29	$1,740	$1,480	you save $260	day
30	$1,800	$1,540	you save $260	day
31	$1,860	$1,600	you save $260	day
32	$1,920	$1,660	you save $260	day
33	$1,980	$1,720	you save $260	day
34	$2,040	$1,780	you save $260	day
35	$2,100	$1,780	you save $320	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 · 27 days: $1,420
Rental protection (RPP): $213
Service fee: $142
Estimated total: $1,775

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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.