When is it cheaper to rent a 14k Pj trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $85 day rate would be $510, but the weekly rate caps it at $482.

When is it cheaper to rent a 14k Pj trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 20. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,400 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.

14k Pj trailer

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adam Sutherby · Flatbed

Day: $85
Week: $482
28 days: $1,400

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $510. On the week rate it is $482.

Weekly stops winning on

day 20

20 days at the day rate would be $1,700. On the 28-day rate it is $1,400.

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 14k Pj trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$85	$85	—	day
2	$170	$170	—	day
3	$255	$255	—	day
4	$340	$340	—	day
5	$425	$425	—	day
6	$510	$482	you save $28	week
7	$595	$482	you save $113	week
8	$680	$567	you save $113	week
9	$765	$652	you save $113	week
10	$850	$737	you save $113	week
11	$935	$822	you save $113	week
12	$1,020	$907	you save $113	week
13	$1,105	$964	you save $141	week
14	$1,190	$964	you save $226	week
15	$1,275	$1,049	you save $226	week
16	$1,360	$1,134	you save $226	week
17	$1,445	$1,219	you save $226	week
18	$1,530	$1,304	you save $226	week
19	$1,615	$1,389	you save $226	week
20	$1,700	$1,400	you save $300	28-day
21	$1,785	$1,400	you save $385	28-day
22	$1,870	$1,400	you save $470	28-day
23	$1,955	$1,400	you save $555	28-day
24	$2,040	$1,400	you save $640	28-day
25	$2,125	$1,400	you save $725	28-day
26	$2,210	$1,400	you save $810	28-day
27	$2,295	$1,400	you save $895	28-day
28	$2,380	$1,400	you save $980	28-day
29	$2,465	$1,485	you save $980	day
30	$2,550	$1,570	you save $980	day
31	$2,635	$1,655	you save $980	day
32	$2,720	$1,740	you save $980	day
33	$2,805	$1,825	you save $980	day
34	$2,890	$1,882	you save $1,008	week
35	$2,975	$1,882	you save $1,093	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.