When is it cheaper to rent a Lamar 8.5x20 car hauler by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $76 day rate would be $456, but the weekly rate caps it at $383.

When is it cheaper to rent a Lamar 8.5x20 car hauler on the 28-day rate?

From day 20. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,148 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.

Lamar 8.5x20 car hauler

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Trevor Hardcastle · Car Hauler

Day: $76
Week: $383
28 days: $1,148

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $456. On the week rate it is $383.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $1,520. On the 28-day rate it is $1,148.

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 Lamar 8.5x20 car hauler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$76	$76	—	day
2	$152	$152	—	day
3	$228	$228	—	day
4	$304	$304	—	day
5	$380	$380	—	day
6	$456	$383	you save $73	week
7	$532	$383	you save $149	week
8	$608	$459	you save $149	week
9	$684	$535	you save $149	week
10	$760	$611	you save $149	week
11	$836	$687	you save $149	week
12	$912	$763	you save $149	week
13	$988	$766	you save $222	week
14	$1,064	$766	you save $298	week
15	$1,140	$842	you save $298	week
16	$1,216	$918	you save $298	week
17	$1,292	$994	you save $298	week
18	$1,368	$1,070	you save $298	week
19	$1,444	$1,146	you save $298	week
20	$1,520	$1,148	you save $372	28-day
21	$1,596	$1,148	you save $448	28-day
22	$1,672	$1,148	you save $524	28-day
23	$1,748	$1,148	you save $600	28-day
24	$1,824	$1,148	you save $676	28-day
25	$1,900	$1,148	you save $752	28-day
26	$1,976	$1,148	you save $828	28-day
27	$2,052	$1,148	you save $904	28-day
28	$2,128	$1,148	you save $980	28-day
29	$2,204	$1,224	you save $980	day
30	$2,280	$1,300	you save $980	day
31	$2,356	$1,376	you save $980	day
32	$2,432	$1,452	you save $980	day
33	$2,508	$1,528	you save $980	day
34	$2,584	$1,531	you save $1,053	week
35	$2,660	$1,531	you save $1,129	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 · 20 days: $1,148
Rental protection (RPP): $172.20
Service fee: $114.80
Estimated total: $1,435

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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.