When is it cheaper to rent a Gehl RS6-42 by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $425 day rate would be $1,275, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,250.

When is it cheaper to rent a Gehl RS6-42 on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,300 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.

Gehl RS6-42

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BB Rental Equipment, LLC · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $425
Week: $1,250
28 days: $3,300

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $1,275. On the week rate it is $1,250.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $6,800. On the 28-day rate it is $3,300.

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 Gehl RS6-42, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$425	$425	—	day
2	$850	$850	—	day
3	$1,275	$1,250	you save $25	week
4	$1,700	$1,250	you save $450	week
5	$2,125	$1,250	you save $875	week
6	$2,550	$1,250	you save $1,300	week
7	$2,975	$1,250	you save $1,725	week
8	$3,400	$1,675	you save $1,725	week
9	$3,825	$2,100	you save $1,725	week
10	$4,250	$2,500	you save $1,750	week
11	$4,675	$2,500	you save $2,175	week
12	$5,100	$2,500	you save $2,600	week
13	$5,525	$2,500	you save $3,025	week
14	$5,950	$2,500	you save $3,450	week
15	$6,375	$2,925	you save $3,450	week
16	$6,800	$3,300	you save $3,500	28-day
17	$7,225	$3,300	you save $3,925	28-day
18	$7,650	$3,300	you save $4,350	28-day
19	$8,075	$3,300	you save $4,775	28-day
20	$8,500	$3,300	you save $5,200	28-day
21	$8,925	$3,300	you save $5,625	28-day
22	$9,350	$3,300	you save $6,050	28-day
23	$9,775	$3,300	you save $6,475	28-day
24	$10,200	$3,300	you save $6,900	28-day
25	$10,625	$3,300	you save $7,325	28-day
26	$11,050	$3,300	you save $7,750	28-day
27	$11,475	$3,300	you save $8,175	28-day
28	$11,900	$3,300	you save $8,600	28-day
29	$12,325	$3,725	you save $8,600	day
30	$12,750	$4,150	you save $8,600	day
31	$13,175	$4,550	you save $8,625	week
32	$13,600	$4,550	you save $9,050	week
33	$14,025	$4,550	you save $9,475	week
34	$14,450	$4,550	you save $9,900	week
35	$14,875	$4,550	you save $10,325	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: $3,300
Rental protection (RPP): $495
Service fee: $330
Estimated total: $4,125

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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.