When is it cheaper to rent a 6’x16 utility trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $200 day rate would be $600, but the weekly rate caps it at $500.

When is it cheaper to rent a 6’x16 utility trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,140 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.

6’x16 utility trailer

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Jefferson Gaspar

Day: $200
Week: $500
28 days: $1,140

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $600. On the week rate it is $500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $3,000. On the 28-day rate it is $1,140.

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 6’x16 utility trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$200	$200	—	day
2	$400	$400	—	day
3	$600	$500	you save $100	week
4	$800	$500	you save $300	week
5	$1,000	$500	you save $500	week
6	$1,200	$500	you save $700	week
7	$1,400	$500	you save $900	week
8	$1,600	$700	you save $900	week
9	$1,800	$900	you save $900	week
10	$2,000	$1,000	you save $1,000	week
11	$2,200	$1,000	you save $1,200	week
12	$2,400	$1,000	you save $1,400	week
13	$2,600	$1,000	you save $1,600	week
14	$2,800	$1,000	you save $1,800	week
15	$3,000	$1,140	you save $1,860	28-day
16	$3,200	$1,140	you save $2,060	28-day
17	$3,400	$1,140	you save $2,260	28-day
18	$3,600	$1,140	you save $2,460	28-day
19	$3,800	$1,140	you save $2,660	28-day
20	$4,000	$1,140	you save $2,860	28-day
21	$4,200	$1,140	you save $3,060	28-day
22	$4,400	$1,140	you save $3,260	28-day
23	$4,600	$1,140	you save $3,460	28-day
24	$4,800	$1,140	you save $3,660	28-day
25	$5,000	$1,140	you save $3,860	28-day
26	$5,200	$1,140	you save $4,060	28-day
27	$5,400	$1,140	you save $4,260	28-day
28	$5,600	$1,140	you save $4,460	28-day
29	$5,800	$1,340	you save $4,460	day
30	$6,000	$1,540	you save $4,460	day
31	$6,200	$1,640	you save $4,560	week
32	$6,400	$1,640	you save $4,760	week
33	$6,600	$1,640	you save $4,960	week
34	$6,800	$1,640	you save $5,160	week
35	$7,000	$1,640	you save $5,360	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.