When is it cheaper to rent a 5x8 Utility Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $26 day rate would be $130, but the weekly rate caps it at $128.

When is it cheaper to rent a 5x8 Utility Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $383 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.

5x8 Utility Trailer

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Dylan Sharrock · Flatbed

Day: $26
Week: $128
28 days: $383

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $130. On the week rate it is $128.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $494. On the 28-day rate it is $383.

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 5x8 Utility Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$26	$26	—	day
2	$52	$52	—	day
3	$78	$78	—	day
4	$104	$104	—	day
5	$130	$128	you save $2	week
6	$156	$128	you save $28	week
7	$182	$128	you save $54	week
8	$208	$154	you save $54	week
9	$234	$180	you save $54	week
10	$260	$206	you save $54	week
11	$286	$232	you save $54	week
12	$312	$256	you save $56	week
13	$338	$256	you save $82	week
14	$364	$256	you save $108	week
15	$390	$282	you save $108	week
16	$416	$308	you save $108	week
17	$442	$334	you save $108	week
18	$468	$360	you save $108	week
19	$494	$383	you save $111	28-day
20	$520	$383	you save $137	28-day
21	$546	$383	you save $163	28-day
22	$572	$383	you save $189	28-day
23	$598	$383	you save $215	28-day
24	$624	$383	you save $241	28-day
25	$650	$383	you save $267	28-day
26	$676	$383	you save $293	28-day
27	$702	$383	you save $319	28-day
28	$728	$383	you save $345	28-day
29	$754	$409	you save $345	day
30	$780	$435	you save $345	day
31	$806	$461	you save $345	day
32	$832	$487	you save $345	day
33	$858	$511	you save $347	week
34	$884	$511	you save $373	week
35	$910	$511	you save $399	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 · 19 days: $383
Rental protection (RPP): $57.45
Service fee: $38.30
Estimated total: $478.75

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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.