When is it cheaper to rent a 16 ft Tandem Axle Trailer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $55 day rate would be $330, but the weekly rate caps it at $275.

When is it cheaper to rent a 16 ft Tandem Axle Trailer on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $650 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.

16 ft Tandem Axle Trailer

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Gerber Industries · Flatbed

Day: $55
Week: $275
28 days: $650

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $330. On the week rate it is $275.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $880. On the 28-day rate it is $650.

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 16 ft Tandem Axle Trailer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$55	$55	—	day
2	$110	$110	—	day
3	$165	$165	—	day
4	$220	$220	—	day
5	$275	$275	—	day
6	$330	$275	you save $55	week
7	$385	$275	you save $110	week
8	$440	$330	you save $110	week
9	$495	$385	you save $110	week
10	$550	$440	you save $110	week
11	$605	$495	you save $110	week
12	$660	$550	you save $110	week
13	$715	$550	you save $165	week
14	$770	$550	you save $220	week
15	$825	$605	you save $220	week
16	$880	$650	you save $230	28-day
17	$935	$650	you save $285	28-day
18	$990	$650	you save $340	28-day
19	$1,045	$650	you save $395	28-day
20	$1,100	$650	you save $450	28-day
21	$1,155	$650	you save $505	28-day
22	$1,210	$650	you save $560	28-day
23	$1,265	$650	you save $615	28-day
24	$1,320	$650	you save $670	28-day
25	$1,375	$650	you save $725	28-day
26	$1,430	$650	you save $780	28-day
27	$1,485	$650	you save $835	28-day
28	$1,540	$650	you save $890	28-day
29	$1,595	$705	you save $890	day
30	$1,650	$760	you save $890	day
31	$1,705	$815	you save $890	day
32	$1,760	$870	you save $890	day
33	$1,815	$925	you save $890	day
34	$1,870	$925	you save $945	week
35	$1,925	$925	you save $1,000	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 · 16 days: $650
Rental protection (RPP): $97.50
Service fee: $65
Estimated total: $812.50

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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.