When is it cheaper to rent a Gradall Telehandler by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $300 day rate would be $1,200, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,197.

When is it cheaper to rent a Gradall Telehandler on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. 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.

Gradall Telehandler

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D&D Rentals KC LLC · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $300
Week: $1,197
28 days: $3,600

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,200. On the week rate it is $1,197.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $6,600. 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 Gradall Telehandler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$300	$300	—	day
2	$600	$600	—	day
3	$900	$900	—	day
4	$1,200	$1,197	you save $3	week
5	$1,500	$1,197	you save $303	week
6	$1,800	$1,197	you save $603	week
7	$2,100	$1,197	you save $903	week
8	$2,400	$1,497	you save $903	week
9	$2,700	$1,797	you save $903	week
10	$3,000	$2,097	you save $903	week
11	$3,300	$2,394	you save $906	week
12	$3,600	$2,394	you save $1,206	week
13	$3,900	$2,394	you save $1,506	week
14	$4,200	$2,394	you save $1,806	week
15	$4,500	$2,694	you save $1,806	week
16	$4,800	$2,994	you save $1,806	week
17	$5,100	$3,294	you save $1,806	week
18	$5,400	$3,591	you save $1,809	week
19	$5,700	$3,591	you save $2,109	week
20	$6,000	$3,591	you save $2,409	week
21	$6,300	$3,591	you save $2,709	week
22	$6,600	$3,600	you save $3,000	28-day
23	$6,900	$3,600	you save $3,300	28-day
24	$7,200	$3,600	you save $3,600	28-day
25	$7,500	$3,600	you save $3,900	28-day
26	$7,800	$3,600	you save $4,200	28-day
27	$8,100	$3,600	you save $4,500	28-day
28	$8,400	$3,600	you save $4,800	28-day
29	$8,700	$3,900	you save $4,800	day
30	$9,000	$4,200	you save $4,800	day
31	$9,300	$4,500	you save $4,800	day
32	$9,600	$4,797	you save $4,803	week
33	$9,900	$4,797	you save $5,103	week
34	$10,200	$4,797	you save $5,403	week
35	$10,500	$4,797	you save $5,703	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 · 22 days: $3,600
Rental protection (RPP): $540
Service fee: $360
Estimated total: $4,500

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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.