When is it cheaper to rent a Car Hauler by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $70 day rate would be $420, but the weekly rate caps it at $388.

When is it cheaper to rent a Car Hauler on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,100 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.

Car Hauler

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Matt Sprouls · Car Hauler

Day: $70
Week: $388
28 days: $1,100

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $420. On the week rate it is $388.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $1,330. On the 28-day rate it is $1,100.

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 Car Hauler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$70	$70	—	day
2	$140	$140	—	day
3	$210	$210	—	day
4	$280	$280	—	day
5	$350	$350	—	day
6	$420	$388	you save $32	week
7	$490	$388	you save $102	week
8	$560	$458	you save $102	week
9	$630	$528	you save $102	week
10	$700	$598	you save $102	week
11	$770	$668	you save $102	week
12	$840	$738	you save $102	week
13	$910	$776	you save $134	week
14	$980	$776	you save $204	week
15	$1,050	$846	you save $204	week
16	$1,120	$916	you save $204	week
17	$1,190	$986	you save $204	week
18	$1,260	$1,056	you save $204	week
19	$1,330	$1,100	you save $230	28-day
20	$1,400	$1,100	you save $300	28-day
21	$1,470	$1,100	you save $370	28-day
22	$1,540	$1,100	you save $440	28-day
23	$1,610	$1,100	you save $510	28-day
24	$1,680	$1,100	you save $580	28-day
25	$1,750	$1,100	you save $650	28-day
26	$1,820	$1,100	you save $720	28-day
27	$1,890	$1,100	you save $790	28-day
28	$1,960	$1,100	you save $860	28-day
29	$2,030	$1,170	you save $860	day
30	$2,100	$1,240	you save $860	day
31	$2,170	$1,310	you save $860	day
32	$2,240	$1,380	you save $860	day
33	$2,310	$1,450	you save $860	day
34	$2,380	$1,488	you save $892	week
35	$2,450	$1,488	you save $962	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: $1,100
Rental protection (RPP): $165
Service fee: $110
Estimated total: $1,375

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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.