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

From day 5. 5 days at the $255 day rate would be $1,275, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,100.

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

From day 19. 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.

JLG Skytrak Telehandler

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Ahmed Gamal · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $255
Week: $1,100
28 days: $3,300

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,275. On the week rate it is $1,100.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $4,845. 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 JLG Skytrak 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	$1,020	—	day
5	$1,275	$1,100	you save $175	week
6	$1,530	$1,100	you save $430	week
7	$1,785	$1,100	you save $685	week
8	$2,040	$1,355	you save $685	week
9	$2,295	$1,610	you save $685	week
10	$2,550	$1,865	you save $685	week
11	$2,805	$2,120	you save $685	week
12	$3,060	$2,200	you save $860	week
13	$3,315	$2,200	you save $1,115	week
14	$3,570	$2,200	you save $1,370	week
15	$3,825	$2,455	you save $1,370	week
16	$4,080	$2,710	you save $1,370	week
17	$4,335	$2,965	you save $1,370	week
18	$4,590	$3,220	you save $1,370	week
19	$4,845	$3,300	you save $1,545	28-day
20	$5,100	$3,300	you save $1,800	28-day
21	$5,355	$3,300	you save $2,055	28-day
22	$5,610	$3,300	you save $2,310	28-day
23	$5,865	$3,300	you save $2,565	28-day
24	$6,120	$3,300	you save $2,820	28-day
25	$6,375	$3,300	you save $3,075	28-day
26	$6,630	$3,300	you save $3,330	28-day
27	$6,885	$3,300	you save $3,585	28-day
28	$7,140	$3,300	you save $3,840	28-day
29	$7,395	$3,555	you save $3,840	day
30	$7,650	$3,810	you save $3,840	day
31	$7,905	$4,065	you save $3,840	day
32	$8,160	$4,320	you save $3,840	day
33	$8,415	$4,400	you save $4,015	week
34	$8,670	$4,400	you save $4,270	week
35	$8,925	$4,400	you save $4,525	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 · 19 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.