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.

Toyota 8FGCU25

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Mike’s Forklift · Forklifts - Industrial

Day
$262
Week
$696
28 days
$1,740

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $786. On the week rate it is $696.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $4,192. On the 28-day rate it is $1,740.

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 Toyota 8FGCU25, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$262$262—day
2$524$524—day
3$786$696you save $90week
4$1,048$696you save $352week
5$1,310$696you save $614week
6$1,572$696you save $876week
7$1,834$696you save $1,138week
8$2,096$958you save $1,138week
9$2,358$1,220you save $1,138week
10$2,620$1,392you save $1,228week
11$2,882$1,392you save $1,490week
12$3,144$1,392you save $1,752week
13$3,406$1,392you save $2,014week
14$3,668$1,392you save $2,276week
15$3,930$1,654you save $2,276week
16$4,192$1,740you save $2,45228-day
17$4,454$1,740you save $2,71428-day
18$4,716$1,740you save $2,97628-day
19$4,978$1,740you save $3,23828-day
20$5,240$1,740you save $3,50028-day
21$5,502$1,740you save $3,76228-day
22$5,764$1,740you save $4,02428-day
23$6,026$1,740you save $4,28628-day
24$6,288$1,740you save $4,54828-day
25$6,550$1,740you save $4,81028-day
26$6,812$1,740you save $5,07228-day
27$7,074$1,740you save $5,33428-day
28$7,336$1,740you save $5,59628-day
29$7,598$2,002you save $5,596day
30$7,860$2,264you save $5,596day
31$8,122$2,436you save $5,686week
32$8,384$2,436you save $5,948week
33$8,646$2,436you save $6,210week
34$8,908$2,436you save $6,472week
35$9,170$2,436you save $6,734week

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
$1,740
Rental protection (RPP)
$261
Service fee
$174
Estimated total
$2,175

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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.