When is it cheaper to rent a car hauler by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $80 day rate would be $560, but the weekly rate caps it at $500.

When is it cheaper to rent a car hauler on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,800 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.

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kellen keane · Car Hauler

Day: $80
Week: $500
28 days: $1,800

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $560. On the week rate it is $500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $2,000. On the 28-day rate it is $1,800.

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 car hauler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$80	$80	—	day
2	$160	$160	—	day
3	$240	$240	—	day
4	$320	$320	—	day
5	$400	$400	—	day
6	$480	$480	—	day
7	$560	$500	you save $60	week
8	$640	$580	you save $60	week
9	$720	$660	you save $60	week
10	$800	$740	you save $60	week
11	$880	$820	you save $60	week
12	$960	$900	you save $60	week
13	$1,040	$980	you save $60	week
14	$1,120	$1,000	you save $120	week
15	$1,200	$1,080	you save $120	week
16	$1,280	$1,160	you save $120	week
17	$1,360	$1,240	you save $120	week
18	$1,440	$1,320	you save $120	week
19	$1,520	$1,400	you save $120	week
20	$1,600	$1,480	you save $120	week
21	$1,680	$1,500	you save $180	week
22	$1,760	$1,580	you save $180	week
23	$1,840	$1,660	you save $180	week
24	$1,920	$1,740	you save $180	week
25	$2,000	$1,800	you save $200	28-day
26	$2,080	$1,800	you save $280	28-day
27	$2,160	$1,800	you save $360	28-day
28	$2,240	$1,800	you save $440	28-day
29	$2,320	$1,880	you save $440	day
30	$2,400	$1,960	you save $440	day
31	$2,480	$2,040	you save $440	day
32	$2,560	$2,120	you save $440	day
33	$2,640	$2,200	you save $440	day
34	$2,720	$2,280	you save $440	day
35	$2,800	$2,300	you save $500	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 · 25 days: $1,800
Rental protection (RPP): $270
Service fee: $180
Estimated total: $2,250

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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.