When is it cheaper to rent a 24’ Gooseneck Deckover Trailer 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 $360.

When is it cheaper to rent a 24’ Gooseneck Deckover Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,010 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.

24’ Gooseneck Deckover Trailer

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James Morford · Lowboy / RGN

Day: $80
Week: $360
28 days: $1,010

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $400. On the week rate it is $360.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $1,440. On the 28-day rate it is $1,010.

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 24’ Gooseneck Deckover Trailer, 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	$360	you save $40	week
6	$480	$360	you save $120	week
7	$560	$360	you save $200	week
8	$640	$440	you save $200	week
9	$720	$520	you save $200	week
10	$800	$600	you save $200	week
11	$880	$680	you save $200	week
12	$960	$720	you save $240	week
13	$1,040	$720	you save $320	week
14	$1,120	$720	you save $400	week
15	$1,200	$800	you save $400	week
16	$1,280	$880	you save $400	week
17	$1,360	$960	you save $400	week
18	$1,440	$1,010	you save $430	28-day
19	$1,520	$1,010	you save $510	28-day
20	$1,600	$1,010	you save $590	28-day
21	$1,680	$1,010	you save $670	28-day
22	$1,760	$1,010	you save $750	28-day
23	$1,840	$1,010	you save $830	28-day
24	$1,920	$1,010	you save $910	28-day
25	$2,000	$1,010	you save $990	28-day
26	$2,080	$1,010	you save $1,070	28-day
27	$2,160	$1,010	you save $1,150	28-day
28	$2,240	$1,010	you save $1,230	28-day
29	$2,320	$1,090	you save $1,230	day
30	$2,400	$1,170	you save $1,230	day
31	$2,480	$1,250	you save $1,230	day
32	$2,560	$1,330	you save $1,230	day
33	$2,640	$1,370	you save $1,270	week
34	$2,720	$1,370	you save $1,350	week
35	$2,800	$1,370	you save $1,430	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.