When is it cheaper to rent a 2-Car Hauler Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $175 day rate would be $875, but the weekly rate caps it at $870.

When is it cheaper to rent a 2-Car Hauler Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,625 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.

2-Car Hauler Trailer

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Abdul Holmes · Car Hauler

Day: $175
Week: $870
28 days: $2,625

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $875. On the week rate it is $870.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $3,850. On the 28-day rate it is $2,625.

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 2-Car Hauler Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$175	$175	—	day
2	$350	$350	—	day
3	$525	$525	—	day
4	$700	$700	—	day
5	$875	$870	you save $5	week
6	$1,050	$870	you save $180	week
7	$1,225	$870	you save $355	week
8	$1,400	$1,045	you save $355	week
9	$1,575	$1,220	you save $355	week
10	$1,750	$1,395	you save $355	week
11	$1,925	$1,570	you save $355	week
12	$2,100	$1,740	you save $360	week
13	$2,275	$1,740	you save $535	week
14	$2,450	$1,740	you save $710	week
15	$2,625	$1,915	you save $710	week
16	$2,800	$2,090	you save $710	week
17	$2,975	$2,265	you save $710	week
18	$3,150	$2,440	you save $710	week
19	$3,325	$2,610	you save $715	week
20	$3,500	$2,610	you save $890	week
21	$3,675	$2,610	you save $1,065	week
22	$3,850	$2,625	you save $1,225	28-day
23	$4,025	$2,625	you save $1,400	28-day
24	$4,200	$2,625	you save $1,575	28-day
25	$4,375	$2,625	you save $1,750	28-day
26	$4,550	$2,625	you save $1,925	28-day
27	$4,725	$2,625	you save $2,100	28-day
28	$4,900	$2,625	you save $2,275	28-day
29	$5,075	$2,800	you save $2,275	day
30	$5,250	$2,975	you save $2,275	day
31	$5,425	$3,150	you save $2,275	day
32	$5,600	$3,325	you save $2,275	day
33	$5,775	$3,495	you save $2,280	week
34	$5,950	$3,495	you save $2,455	week
35	$6,125	$3,495	you save $2,630	week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.