When is it cheaper to rent a 2021 flat bed utility by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $75 day rate would be $525, but the weekly rate caps it at $500.

When is it cheaper to rent a 2021 flat bed utility on the 28-day rate?

From day 21. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,500 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.

2021 flat bed utility

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Charlie Webb · Flatbed

Day: $75
Week: $500
28 days: $1,500

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 21

21 days at the day rate would be $1,575. On the 28-day rate it is $1,500.

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 2021 flat bed utility, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$375	—	day
6	$450	$450	—	day
7	$525	$500	you save $25	week
8	$600	$575	you save $25	week
9	$675	$650	you save $25	week
10	$750	$725	you save $25	week
11	$825	$800	you save $25	week
12	$900	$875	you save $25	week
13	$975	$950	you save $25	week
14	$1,050	$1,000	you save $50	week
15	$1,125	$1,075	you save $50	week
16	$1,200	$1,150	you save $50	week
17	$1,275	$1,225	you save $50	week
18	$1,350	$1,300	you save $50	week
19	$1,425	$1,375	you save $50	week
20	$1,500	$1,450	you save $50	week
21	$1,575	$1,500	you save $75	28-day
22	$1,650	$1,500	you save $150	28-day
23	$1,725	$1,500	you save $225	28-day
24	$1,800	$1,500	you save $300	28-day
25	$1,875	$1,500	you save $375	28-day
26	$1,950	$1,500	you save $450	28-day
27	$2,025	$1,500	you save $525	28-day
28	$2,100	$1,500	you save $600	28-day
29	$2,175	$1,575	you save $600	day
30	$2,250	$1,650	you save $600	day
31	$2,325	$1,725	you save $600	day
32	$2,400	$1,800	you save $600	day
33	$2,475	$1,875	you save $600	day
34	$2,550	$1,950	you save $600	day
35	$2,625	$2,000	you save $625	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.