When is it cheaper to rent a Top Hat 14'x83" Tandem Axle Trailer with Ramp Gate by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $80 day rate would be $400, but the weekly rate caps it at $392.

When is it cheaper to rent a Top Hat 14'x83" Tandem Axle Trailer with Ramp Gate on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,440 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.

Top Hat 14'x83" Tandem Axle Trailer with Ramp Gate

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Jeff Dodson · Flatbed

Day: $80
Week: $392
28 days: $1,440

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $400. On the week rate it is $392.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $2,000. On the 28-day rate it is $1,440.

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 Top Hat 14'x83" Tandem Axle Trailer with Ramp Gate, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$80	$80	—	day
2	$160	$160	—	day
3	$240	$240	—	day
4	$320	$320	—	day
5	$400	$392	you save $8	week
6	$480	$392	you save $88	week
7	$560	$392	you save $168	week
8	$640	$472	you save $168	week
9	$720	$552	you save $168	week
10	$800	$632	you save $168	week
11	$880	$712	you save $168	week
12	$960	$784	you save $176	week
13	$1,040	$784	you save $256	week
14	$1,120	$784	you save $336	week
15	$1,200	$864	you save $336	week
16	$1,280	$944	you save $336	week
17	$1,360	$1,024	you save $336	week
18	$1,440	$1,104	you save $336	week
19	$1,520	$1,176	you save $344	week
20	$1,600	$1,176	you save $424	week
21	$1,680	$1,176	you save $504	week
22	$1,760	$1,256	you save $504	week
23	$1,840	$1,336	you save $504	week
24	$1,920	$1,416	you save $504	week
25	$2,000	$1,440	you save $560	28-day
26	$2,080	$1,440	you save $640	28-day
27	$2,160	$1,440	you save $720	28-day
28	$2,240	$1,440	you save $800	28-day
29	$2,320	$1,520	you save $800	day
30	$2,400	$1,600	you save $800	day
31	$2,480	$1,680	you save $800	day
32	$2,560	$1,760	you save $800	day
33	$2,640	$1,832	you save $808	week
34	$2,720	$1,832	you save $888	week
35	$2,800	$1,832	you save $968	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 · 25 days: $1,440
Rental protection (RPP): $216
Service fee: $144
Estimated total: $1,800

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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.