When is it cheaper to rent a 20 FT car trailer 7000ibsgvwr by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $135 day rate would be $810, but the weekly rate caps it at $750.

When is it cheaper to rent a 20 FT car trailer 7000ibsgvwr on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,750 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.

20 FT car trailer 7000ibsgvwr

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Elijah Emerick · Car Hauler

Day: $135
Week: $750
28 days: $2,750

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $810. On the week rate it is $750.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $3,375. On the 28-day rate it is $2,750.

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 20 FT car trailer 7000ibsgvwr, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$135	$135	—	day
2	$270	$270	—	day
3	$405	$405	—	day
4	$540	$540	—	day
5	$675	$675	—	day
6	$810	$750	you save $60	week
7	$945	$750	you save $195	week
8	$1,080	$885	you save $195	week
9	$1,215	$1,020	you save $195	week
10	$1,350	$1,155	you save $195	week
11	$1,485	$1,290	you save $195	week
12	$1,620	$1,425	you save $195	week
13	$1,755	$1,500	you save $255	week
14	$1,890	$1,500	you save $390	week
15	$2,025	$1,635	you save $390	week
16	$2,160	$1,770	you save $390	week
17	$2,295	$1,905	you save $390	week
18	$2,430	$2,040	you save $390	week
19	$2,565	$2,175	you save $390	week
20	$2,700	$2,250	you save $450	week
21	$2,835	$2,250	you save $585	week
22	$2,970	$2,385	you save $585	week
23	$3,105	$2,520	you save $585	week
24	$3,240	$2,655	you save $585	week
25	$3,375	$2,750	you save $625	28-day
26	$3,510	$2,750	you save $760	28-day
27	$3,645	$2,750	you save $895	28-day
28	$3,780	$2,750	you save $1,030	28-day
29	$3,915	$2,885	you save $1,030	day
30	$4,050	$3,020	you save $1,030	day
31	$4,185	$3,155	you save $1,030	day
32	$4,320	$3,290	you save $1,030	day
33	$4,455	$3,425	you save $1,030	day
34	$4,590	$3,500	you save $1,090	week
35	$4,725	$3,500	you save $1,225	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: $2,750
Rental protection (RPP): $412.50
Service fee: $275
Estimated total: $3,437.50

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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.