When is it cheaper to rent a 34’ enclosed cargo trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $145 day rate would be $725, but the weekly rate caps it at $680.

When is it cheaper to rent a 34’ enclosed cargo trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,262 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.

34’ enclosed cargo trailer

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Patrick Caprio · Dry Van

Day: $145
Week: $680
28 days: $2,262

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $725. On the week rate it is $680.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $3,335. On the 28-day rate it is $2,262.

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 34’ enclosed cargo trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$145	$145	—	day
2	$290	$290	—	day
3	$435	$435	—	day
4	$580	$580	—	day
5	$725	$680	you save $45	week
6	$870	$680	you save $190	week
7	$1,015	$680	you save $335	week
8	$1,160	$825	you save $335	week
9	$1,305	$970	you save $335	week
10	$1,450	$1,115	you save $335	week
11	$1,595	$1,260	you save $335	week
12	$1,740	$1,360	you save $380	week
13	$1,885	$1,360	you save $525	week
14	$2,030	$1,360	you save $670	week
15	$2,175	$1,505	you save $670	week
16	$2,320	$1,650	you save $670	week
17	$2,465	$1,795	you save $670	week
18	$2,610	$1,940	you save $670	week
19	$2,755	$2,040	you save $715	week
20	$2,900	$2,040	you save $860	week
21	$3,045	$2,040	you save $1,005	week
22	$3,190	$2,185	you save $1,005	week
23	$3,335	$2,262	you save $1,073	28-day
24	$3,480	$2,262	you save $1,218	28-day
25	$3,625	$2,262	you save $1,363	28-day
26	$3,770	$2,262	you save $1,508	28-day
27	$3,915	$2,262	you save $1,653	28-day
28	$4,060	$2,262	you save $1,798	28-day
29	$4,205	$2,407	you save $1,798	day
30	$4,350	$2,552	you save $1,798	day
31	$4,495	$2,697	you save $1,798	day
32	$4,640	$2,842	you save $1,798	day
33	$4,785	$2,942	you save $1,843	week
34	$4,930	$2,942	you save $1,988	week
35	$5,075	$2,942	you save $2,133	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.