When is it cheaper to rent a 4x7 Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $34 day rate would be $136, but the weekly rate caps it at $134.

When is it cheaper to rent a 4x7 Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $401 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.

4x7 Trailer

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Small Utility Trailers

Day: $34
Week: $134
28 days: $401

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $136. On the week rate it is $134.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $612. On the 28-day rate it is $401.

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 4x7 Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$34	$34	—	day
2	$68	$68	—	day
3	$102	$102	—	day
4	$136	$134	you save $2	week
5	$170	$134	you save $36	week
6	$204	$134	you save $70	week
7	$238	$134	you save $104	week
8	$272	$168	you save $104	week
9	$306	$202	you save $104	week
10	$340	$236	you save $104	week
11	$374	$268	you save $106	week
12	$408	$268	you save $140	week
13	$442	$268	you save $174	week
14	$476	$268	you save $208	week
15	$510	$302	you save $208	week
16	$544	$336	you save $208	week
17	$578	$370	you save $208	week
18	$612	$401	you save $211	28-day
19	$646	$401	you save $245	28-day
20	$680	$401	you save $279	28-day
21	$714	$401	you save $313	28-day
22	$748	$401	you save $347	28-day
23	$782	$401	you save $381	28-day
24	$816	$401	you save $415	28-day
25	$850	$401	you save $449	28-day
26	$884	$401	you save $483	28-day
27	$918	$401	you save $517	28-day
28	$952	$401	you save $551	28-day
29	$986	$435	you save $551	day
30	$1,020	$469	you save $551	day
31	$1,054	$503	you save $551	day
32	$1,088	$535	you save $553	week
33	$1,122	$535	you save $587	week
34	$1,156	$535	you save $621	week
35	$1,190	$535	you save $655	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 · 18 days: $401
Rental protection (RPP): $60.15
Service fee: $40.10
Estimated total: $501.25

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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.