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 - 10K 54'

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Construction Services, LLC · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day
$750
Week
$1,500
28 days
$3,800

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $2,250. On the week rate it is $1,500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $12,000. On the 28-day rate it is $3,800.

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 - 10K 54', days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$750$750—day
2$1,500$1,500—day
3$2,250$1,500you save $750week
4$3,000$1,500you save $1,500week
5$3,750$1,500you save $2,250week
6$4,500$1,500you save $3,000week
7$5,250$1,500you save $3,750week
8$6,000$2,250you save $3,750week
9$6,750$3,000you save $3,750week
10$7,500$3,000you save $4,500week
11$8,250$3,000you save $5,250week
12$9,000$3,000you save $6,000week
13$9,750$3,000you save $6,750week
14$10,500$3,000you save $7,500week
15$11,250$3,750you save $7,500week
16$12,000$3,800you save $8,20028-day
17$12,750$3,800you save $8,95028-day
18$13,500$3,800you save $9,70028-day
19$14,250$3,800you save $10,45028-day
20$15,000$3,800you save $11,20028-day
21$15,750$3,800you save $11,95028-day
22$16,500$3,800you save $12,70028-day
23$17,250$3,800you save $13,45028-day
24$18,000$3,800you save $14,20028-day
25$18,750$3,800you save $14,95028-day
26$19,500$3,800you save $15,70028-day
27$20,250$3,800you save $16,45028-day
28$21,000$3,800you save $17,20028-day
29$21,750$4,550you save $17,200day
30$22,500$5,300you save $17,200day
31$23,250$5,300you save $17,950week
32$24,000$5,300you save $18,700week
33$24,750$5,300you save $19,450week
34$25,500$5,300you save $20,200week
35$26,250$5,300you save $20,950week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.