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

From day 5. 5 days at the $225 day rate would be $1,125, but the weekly rate caps it at $950.

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

From day 24. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,500 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.

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delmar schmucker · Air Handlers

Day: $225
Week: $950
28 days: $3,500

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,125. On the week rate it is $950.

Weekly stops winning on

day 24

24 days at the day rate would be $5,400. On the 28-day rate it is $3,500.

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 telahandler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$225	$225	—	day
2	$450	$450	—	day
3	$675	$675	—	day
4	$900	$900	—	day
5	$1,125	$950	you save $175	week
6	$1,350	$950	you save $400	week
7	$1,575	$950	you save $625	week
8	$1,800	$1,175	you save $625	week
9	$2,025	$1,400	you save $625	week
10	$2,250	$1,625	you save $625	week
11	$2,475	$1,850	you save $625	week
12	$2,700	$1,900	you save $800	week
13	$2,925	$1,900	you save $1,025	week
14	$3,150	$1,900	you save $1,250	week
15	$3,375	$2,125	you save $1,250	week
16	$3,600	$2,350	you save $1,250	week
17	$3,825	$2,575	you save $1,250	week
18	$4,050	$2,800	you save $1,250	week
19	$4,275	$2,850	you save $1,425	week
20	$4,500	$2,850	you save $1,650	week
21	$4,725	$2,850	you save $1,875	week
22	$4,950	$3,075	you save $1,875	week
23	$5,175	$3,300	you save $1,875	week
24	$5,400	$3,500	you save $1,900	28-day
25	$5,625	$3,500	you save $2,125	28-day
26	$5,850	$3,500	you save $2,350	28-day
27	$6,075	$3,500	you save $2,575	28-day
28	$6,300	$3,500	you save $2,800	28-day
29	$6,525	$3,725	you save $2,800	day
30	$6,750	$3,950	you save $2,800	day
31	$6,975	$4,175	you save $2,800	day
32	$7,200	$4,400	you save $2,800	day
33	$7,425	$4,450	you save $2,975	week
34	$7,650	$4,450	you save $3,200	week
35	$7,875	$4,450	you save $3,425	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 · 24 days: $3,500
Rental protection (RPP): $525
Service fee: $350
Estimated total: $4,375

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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.