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

From day 4. 4 days at the $255 day rate would be $1,020, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,000.

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

From day 15. 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.

JLG Telehandler

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Logan Prouty · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $255
Week: $1,000
28 days: $2,040

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,020. On the week rate it is $1,000.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $3,825. 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 JLG Telehandler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$255	$255	—	day
2	$510	$510	—	day
3	$765	$765	—	day
4	$1,020	$1,000	you save $20	week
5	$1,275	$1,000	you save $275	week
6	$1,530	$1,000	you save $530	week
7	$1,785	$1,000	you save $785	week
8	$2,040	$1,255	you save $785	week
9	$2,295	$1,510	you save $785	week
10	$2,550	$1,765	you save $785	week
11	$2,805	$2,000	you save $805	week
12	$3,060	$2,000	you save $1,060	week
13	$3,315	$2,000	you save $1,315	week
14	$3,570	$2,000	you save $1,570	week
15	$3,825	$2,040	you save $1,785	28-day
16	$4,080	$2,040	you save $2,040	28-day
17	$4,335	$2,040	you save $2,295	28-day
18	$4,590	$2,040	you save $2,550	28-day
19	$4,845	$2,040	you save $2,805	28-day
20	$5,100	$2,040	you save $3,060	28-day
21	$5,355	$2,040	you save $3,315	28-day
22	$5,610	$2,040	you save $3,570	28-day
23	$5,865	$2,040	you save $3,825	28-day
24	$6,120	$2,040	you save $4,080	28-day
25	$6,375	$2,040	you save $4,335	28-day
26	$6,630	$2,040	you save $4,590	28-day
27	$6,885	$2,040	you save $4,845	28-day
28	$7,140	$2,040	you save $5,100	28-day
29	$7,395	$2,295	you save $5,100	day
30	$7,650	$2,550	you save $5,100	day
31	$7,905	$2,805	you save $5,100	day
32	$8,160	$3,040	you save $5,120	week
33	$8,415	$3,040	you save $5,375	week
34	$8,670	$3,040	you save $5,630	week
35	$8,925	$3,040	you save $5,885	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 · 15 days: $2,040
Rental protection (RPP): $306
Service fee: $204
Estimated total: $2,550

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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.