When is it cheaper to rent a Water Trailer 1,100 Gallons by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $170 day rate would be $1,020, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,012.

When is it cheaper to rent a Water Trailer 1,100 Gallons on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,825 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.

Water Trailer 1,100 Gallons

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Lazaro Calderon · Tanks - Miscellaneous

Day: $170
Week: $1,012
28 days: $3,825

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $1,020. On the week rate it is $1,012.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $4,420. On the 28-day rate it is $3,825.

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 Water Trailer 1,100 Gallons, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$170	$170	—	day
2	$340	$340	—	day
3	$510	$510	—	day
4	$680	$680	—	day
5	$850	$850	—	day
6	$1,020	$1,012	you save $8	week
7	$1,190	$1,012	you save $178	week
8	$1,360	$1,182	you save $178	week
9	$1,530	$1,352	you save $178	week
10	$1,700	$1,522	you save $178	week
11	$1,870	$1,692	you save $178	week
12	$2,040	$1,862	you save $178	week
13	$2,210	$2,024	you save $186	week
14	$2,380	$2,024	you save $356	week
15	$2,550	$2,194	you save $356	week
16	$2,720	$2,364	you save $356	week
17	$2,890	$2,534	you save $356	week
18	$3,060	$2,704	you save $356	week
19	$3,230	$2,874	you save $356	week
20	$3,400	$3,036	you save $364	week
21	$3,570	$3,036	you save $534	week
22	$3,740	$3,206	you save $534	week
23	$3,910	$3,376	you save $534	week
24	$4,080	$3,546	you save $534	week
25	$4,250	$3,716	you save $534	week
26	$4,420	$3,825	you save $595	28-day
27	$4,590	$3,825	you save $765	28-day
28	$4,760	$3,825	you save $935	28-day
29	$4,930	$3,995	you save $935	day
30	$5,100	$4,165	you save $935	day
31	$5,270	$4,335	you save $935	day
32	$5,440	$4,505	you save $935	day
33	$5,610	$4,675	you save $935	day
34	$5,780	$4,837	you save $943	week
35	$5,950	$4,837	you save $1,113	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 · 26 days: $3,825
Rental protection (RPP): $573.75
Service fee: $382.50
Estimated total: $4,781.25

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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.