When is it cheaper to rent a Iron Bull 24' Flatbed Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $105 day rate would be $525, but the weekly rate caps it at $522.

When is it cheaper to rent a Iron Bull 24' Flatbed Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,575 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.

Iron Bull 24' Flatbed Trailer

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Christopher Jorgensen · Flatbed

Day: $105
Week: $522
28 days: $1,575

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $522.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,310. On the 28-day rate it is $1,575.

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 Iron Bull 24' Flatbed Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$105	$105	—	day
2	$210	$210	—	day
3	$315	$315	—	day
4	$420	$420	—	day
5	$525	$522	you save $3	week
6	$630	$522	you save $108	week
7	$735	$522	you save $213	week
8	$840	$627	you save $213	week
9	$945	$732	you save $213	week
10	$1,050	$837	you save $213	week
11	$1,155	$942	you save $213	week
12	$1,260	$1,044	you save $216	week
13	$1,365	$1,044	you save $321	week
14	$1,470	$1,044	you save $426	week
15	$1,575	$1,149	you save $426	week
16	$1,680	$1,254	you save $426	week
17	$1,785	$1,359	you save $426	week
18	$1,890	$1,464	you save $426	week
19	$1,995	$1,566	you save $429	week
20	$2,100	$1,566	you save $534	week
21	$2,205	$1,566	you save $639	week
22	$2,310	$1,575	you save $735	28-day
23	$2,415	$1,575	you save $840	28-day
24	$2,520	$1,575	you save $945	28-day
25	$2,625	$1,575	you save $1,050	28-day
26	$2,730	$1,575	you save $1,155	28-day
27	$2,835	$1,575	you save $1,260	28-day
28	$2,940	$1,575	you save $1,365	28-day
29	$3,045	$1,680	you save $1,365	day
30	$3,150	$1,785	you save $1,365	day
31	$3,255	$1,890	you save $1,365	day
32	$3,360	$1,995	you save $1,365	day
33	$3,465	$2,097	you save $1,368	week
34	$3,570	$2,097	you save $1,473	week
35	$3,675	$2,097	you save $1,578	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 · 22 days: $1,575
Rental protection (RPP): $236.25
Service fee: $157.50
Estimated total: $1,968.75

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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.