When is it cheaper to rent a PJ Buggy Hauler by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $170 day rate would be $850, but the weekly rate caps it at $680.

When is it cheaper to rent a PJ Buggy Hauler on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,040 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.

PJ Buggy Hauler

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Russell Blinco · Car Hauler

Day: $170
Week: $680
28 days: $2,040

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $850. On the week rate it is $680.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $3,060. On the 28-day rate it is $2,040.

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 PJ Buggy Hauler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$170	$170	—	day
2	$340	$340	—	day
3	$510	$510	—	day
4	$680	$680	—	day
5	$850	$680	you save $170	week
6	$1,020	$680	you save $340	week
7	$1,190	$680	you save $510	week
8	$1,360	$850	you save $510	week
9	$1,530	$1,020	you save $510	week
10	$1,700	$1,190	you save $510	week
11	$1,870	$1,360	you save $510	week
12	$2,040	$1,360	you save $680	week
13	$2,210	$1,360	you save $850	week
14	$2,380	$1,360	you save $1,020	week
15	$2,550	$1,530	you save $1,020	week
16	$2,720	$1,700	you save $1,020	week
17	$2,890	$1,870	you save $1,020	week
18	$3,060	$2,040	you save $1,020	28-day
19	$3,230	$2,040	you save $1,190	28-day
20	$3,400	$2,040	you save $1,360	28-day
21	$3,570	$2,040	you save $1,530	28-day
22	$3,740	$2,040	you save $1,700	28-day
23	$3,910	$2,040	you save $1,870	28-day
24	$4,080	$2,040	you save $2,040	28-day
25	$4,250	$2,040	you save $2,210	28-day
26	$4,420	$2,040	you save $2,380	28-day
27	$4,590	$2,040	you save $2,550	28-day
28	$4,760	$2,040	you save $2,720	28-day
29	$4,930	$2,210	you save $2,720	day
30	$5,100	$2,380	you save $2,720	day
31	$5,270	$2,550	you save $2,720	day
32	$5,440	$2,720	you save $2,720	day
33	$5,610	$2,720	you save $2,890	week
34	$5,780	$2,720	you save $3,060	week
35	$5,950	$2,720	you save $3,230	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: $2,040
Rental protection (RPP): $306
Service fee: $204
Estimated total: $2,550

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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.