When is it cheaper to rent a JCB 508C Telehandler by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $235 day rate would be $1,175, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,050.

When is it cheaper to rent a JCB 508C Telehandler on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,250 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.

JCB 508C Telehandler

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Timothy Wilson · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $235
Week: $1,050
28 days: $3,250

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,175. On the week rate it is $1,050.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $5,170. On the 28-day rate it is $3,250.

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 JCB 508C Telehandler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$235	$235	—	day
2	$470	$470	—	day
3	$705	$705	—	day
4	$940	$940	—	day
5	$1,175	$1,050	you save $125	week
6	$1,410	$1,050	you save $360	week
7	$1,645	$1,050	you save $595	week
8	$1,880	$1,285	you save $595	week
9	$2,115	$1,520	you save $595	week
10	$2,350	$1,755	you save $595	week
11	$2,585	$1,990	you save $595	week
12	$2,820	$2,100	you save $720	week
13	$3,055	$2,100	you save $955	week
14	$3,290	$2,100	you save $1,190	week
15	$3,525	$2,335	you save $1,190	week
16	$3,760	$2,570	you save $1,190	week
17	$3,995	$2,805	you save $1,190	week
18	$4,230	$3,040	you save $1,190	week
19	$4,465	$3,150	you save $1,315	week
20	$4,700	$3,150	you save $1,550	week
21	$4,935	$3,150	you save $1,785	week
22	$5,170	$3,250	you save $1,920	28-day
23	$5,405	$3,250	you save $2,155	28-day
24	$5,640	$3,250	you save $2,390	28-day
25	$5,875	$3,250	you save $2,625	28-day
26	$6,110	$3,250	you save $2,860	28-day
27	$6,345	$3,250	you save $3,095	28-day
28	$6,580	$3,250	you save $3,330	28-day
29	$6,815	$3,485	you save $3,330	day
30	$7,050	$3,720	you save $3,330	day
31	$7,285	$3,955	you save $3,330	day
32	$7,520	$4,190	you save $3,330	day
33	$7,755	$4,300	you save $3,455	week
34	$7,990	$4,300	you save $3,690	week
35	$8,225	$4,300	you save $3,925	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: $3,250
Rental protection (RPP): $487.50
Service fee: $325
Estimated total: $4,062.50

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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.