When is it cheaper to rent a Gasoline container by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $15 day rate would be $45, but the weekly rate caps it at $40.

When is it cheaper to rent a Gasoline container on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $100 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.

Gasoline container

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Jose Herrera · Post Drivers - Gasoline

Day: $15
Week: $40
28 days: $100

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $45. On the week rate it is $40.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $240. On the 28-day rate it is $100.

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 Gasoline container, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$15	$15	—	day
2	$30	$30	—	day
3	$45	$40	you save $5	week
4	$60	$40	you save $20	week
5	$75	$40	you save $35	week
6	$90	$40	you save $50	week
7	$105	$40	you save $65	week
8	$120	$55	you save $65	week
9	$135	$70	you save $65	week
10	$150	$80	you save $70	week
11	$165	$80	you save $85	week
12	$180	$80	you save $100	week
13	$195	$80	you save $115	week
14	$210	$80	you save $130	week
15	$225	$95	you save $130	week
16	$240	$100	you save $140	28-day
17	$255	$100	you save $155	28-day
18	$270	$100	you save $170	28-day
19	$285	$100	you save $185	28-day
20	$300	$100	you save $200	28-day
21	$315	$100	you save $215	28-day
22	$330	$100	you save $230	28-day
23	$345	$100	you save $245	28-day
24	$360	$100	you save $260	28-day
25	$375	$100	you save $275	28-day
26	$390	$100	you save $290	28-day
27	$405	$100	you save $305	28-day
28	$420	$100	you save $320	28-day
29	$435	$115	you save $320	day
30	$450	$130	you save $320	day
31	$465	$140	you save $325	week
32	$480	$140	you save $340	week
33	$495	$140	you save $355	week
34	$510	$140	you save $370	week
35	$525	$140	you save $385	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 · 16 days: $100
Rental protection (RPP): $15
Service fee: $10
Estimated total: $125

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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.