When is it cheaper to rent a 5’ x 8’ Utility Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $115 day rate would be $460, but the weekly rate caps it at $400.

When is it cheaper to rent a 5’ x 8’ Utility Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,500 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.

5’ x 8’ Utility Trailer

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Wendi Oriente · Flatbed

Day: $115
Week: $400
28 days: $1,500

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $460. On the week rate it is $400.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $2,760. On the 28-day rate it is $1,500.

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 5’ x 8’ Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$115	$115	—	day
2	$230	$230	—	day
3	$345	$345	—	day
4	$460	$400	you save $60	week
5	$575	$400	you save $175	week
6	$690	$400	you save $290	week
7	$805	$400	you save $405	week
8	$920	$515	you save $405	week
9	$1,035	$630	you save $405	week
10	$1,150	$745	you save $405	week
11	$1,265	$800	you save $465	week
12	$1,380	$800	you save $580	week
13	$1,495	$800	you save $695	week
14	$1,610	$800	you save $810	week
15	$1,725	$915	you save $810	week
16	$1,840	$1,030	you save $810	week
17	$1,955	$1,145	you save $810	week
18	$2,070	$1,200	you save $870	week
19	$2,185	$1,200	you save $985	week
20	$2,300	$1,200	you save $1,100	week
21	$2,415	$1,200	you save $1,215	week
22	$2,530	$1,315	you save $1,215	week
23	$2,645	$1,430	you save $1,215	week
24	$2,760	$1,500	you save $1,260	28-day
25	$2,875	$1,500	you save $1,375	28-day
26	$2,990	$1,500	you save $1,490	28-day
27	$3,105	$1,500	you save $1,605	28-day
28	$3,220	$1,500	you save $1,720	28-day
29	$3,335	$1,615	you save $1,720	day
30	$3,450	$1,730	you save $1,720	day
31	$3,565	$1,845	you save $1,720	day
32	$3,680	$1,900	you save $1,780	week
33	$3,795	$1,900	you save $1,895	week
34	$3,910	$1,900	you save $2,010	week
35	$4,025	$1,900	you save $2,125	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.