When is it cheaper to rent a 14' Box Truck W/lift by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $180 day rate would be $1,080, but the weekly rate caps it at $900.

When is it cheaper to rent a 14' Box Truck W/lift on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,600 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.

14' Box Truck W/lift

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Dry Box Truck

Day: $180
Week: $900
28 days: $3,600

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $1,080. On the week rate it is $900.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $4,680. On the 28-day rate it is $3,600.

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 14' Box Truck W/lift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$180	$180	—	day
2	$360	$360	—	day
3	$540	$540	—	day
4	$720	$720	—	day
5	$900	$900	—	day
6	$1,080	$900	you save $180	week
7	$1,260	$900	you save $360	week
8	$1,440	$1,080	you save $360	week
9	$1,620	$1,260	you save $360	week
10	$1,800	$1,440	you save $360	week
11	$1,980	$1,620	you save $360	week
12	$2,160	$1,800	you save $360	week
13	$2,340	$1,800	you save $540	week
14	$2,520	$1,800	you save $720	week
15	$2,700	$1,980	you save $720	week
16	$2,880	$2,160	you save $720	week
17	$3,060	$2,340	you save $720	week
18	$3,240	$2,520	you save $720	week
19	$3,420	$2,700	you save $720	week
20	$3,600	$2,700	you save $900	week
21	$3,780	$2,700	you save $1,080	week
22	$3,960	$2,880	you save $1,080	week
23	$4,140	$3,060	you save $1,080	week
24	$4,320	$3,240	you save $1,080	week
25	$4,500	$3,420	you save $1,080	week
26	$4,680	$3,600	you save $1,080	28-day
27	$4,860	$3,600	you save $1,260	28-day
28	$5,040	$3,600	you save $1,440	28-day
29	$5,220	$3,780	you save $1,440	day
30	$5,400	$3,960	you save $1,440	day
31	$5,580	$4,140	you save $1,440	day
32	$5,760	$4,320	you save $1,440	day
33	$5,940	$4,500	you save $1,440	day
34	$6,120	$4,500	you save $1,620	week
35	$6,300	$4,500	you save $1,800	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 · 26 days: $3,600
Rental protection (RPP): $540
Service fee: $360
Estimated total: $4,500

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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.