When is it cheaper to rent a 4x8 Aluminum Utility Trailer 1k LB by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $35 day rate would be $175, but the weekly rate caps it at $140.

When is it cheaper to rent a 4x8 Aluminum Utility Trailer 1k LB on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $400 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.

4x8 Aluminum Utility Trailer 1k LB

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Richard Sellers

Day: $35
Week: $140
28 days: $400

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $175. On the week rate it is $140.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $630. On the 28-day rate it is $400.

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 4x8 Aluminum Utility Trailer 1k LB, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$35	$35	—	day
2	$70	$70	—	day
3	$105	$105	—	day
4	$140	$140	—	day
5	$175	$140	you save $35	week
6	$210	$140	you save $70	week
7	$245	$140	you save $105	week
8	$280	$175	you save $105	week
9	$315	$210	you save $105	week
10	$350	$245	you save $105	week
11	$385	$280	you save $105	week
12	$420	$280	you save $140	week
13	$455	$280	you save $175	week
14	$490	$280	you save $210	week
15	$525	$315	you save $210	week
16	$560	$350	you save $210	week
17	$595	$385	you save $210	week
18	$630	$400	you save $230	28-day
19	$665	$400	you save $265	28-day
20	$700	$400	you save $300	28-day
21	$735	$400	you save $335	28-day
22	$770	$400	you save $370	28-day
23	$805	$400	you save $405	28-day
24	$840	$400	you save $440	28-day
25	$875	$400	you save $475	28-day
26	$910	$400	you save $510	28-day
27	$945	$400	you save $545	28-day
28	$980	$400	you save $580	28-day
29	$1,015	$435	you save $580	day
30	$1,050	$470	you save $580	day
31	$1,085	$505	you save $580	day
32	$1,120	$540	you save $580	day
33	$1,155	$540	you save $615	week
34	$1,190	$540	you save $650	week
35	$1,225	$540	you save $685	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 · 18 days: $400
Rental protection (RPP): $60
Service fee: $40
Estimated total: $500

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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.