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

From day 10. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $200 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.

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Jamel Welton

Day: $19.98
Week: $150
28 days: $200

Daily stops winning on

Never, on this card

Seven days at the day rate still cost less than the week rate on this card.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $199.80. On the 28-day rate it is $200.

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 trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$19.98	$19.98	—	day
2	$39.96	$39.96	—	day
3	$59.94	$59.94	—	day
4	$79.92	$79.92	—	day
5	$99.90	$99.90	—	day
6	$119.88	$119.88	—	day
7	$139.86	$150	costs $10.14 more	week
8	$159.84	$169.98	costs $10.14 more	week
9	$179.82	$189.96	costs $10.14 more	week
10	$199.80	$200	costs $0.20 more	28-day
11	$219.78	$200	you save $19.78	28-day
12	$239.76	$200	you save $39.76	28-day
13	$259.74	$200	you save $59.74	28-day
14	$279.72	$200	you save $79.72	28-day
15	$299.70	$200	you save $99.70	28-day
16	$319.68	$200	you save $119.68	28-day
17	$339.66	$200	you save $139.66	28-day
18	$359.64	$200	you save $159.64	28-day
19	$379.62	$200	you save $179.62	28-day
20	$399.60	$200	you save $199.60	28-day
21	$419.58	$200	you save $219.58	28-day
22	$439.56	$200	you save $239.56	28-day
23	$459.54	$200	you save $259.54	28-day
24	$479.52	$200	you save $279.52	28-day
25	$499.50	$200	you save $299.50	28-day
26	$519.48	$200	you save $319.48	28-day
27	$539.46	$200	you save $339.46	28-day
28	$559.44	$200	you save $359.44	28-day
29	$579.42	$219.98	you save $359.44	day
30	$599.40	$239.96	you save $359.44	day
31	$619.38	$259.94	you save $359.44	day
32	$639.36	$279.92	you save $359.44	day
33	$659.34	$299.90	you save $359.44	day
34	$679.32	$319.88	you save $359.44	day
35	$699.30	$350	you save $349.30	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 · 10 days: $200
Rental protection (RPP): $30
Service fee: $20
Estimated total: $250

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.