When is it cheaper to rent a Hyster 60 Fortis Forklift by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $250 day rate would be $1,250, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,225.

When is it cheaper to rent a Hyster 60 Fortis Forklift on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,075 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.

Hyster 60 Fortis Forklift

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SJV Equipment Rentals · Forklifts - Industrial

Day: $250
Week: $1,225
28 days: $3,075

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,250. On the week rate it is $1,225.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $4,250. On the 28-day rate it is $3,075.

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 Hyster 60 Fortis Forklift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$250	$250	—	day
2	$500	$500	—	day
3	$750	$750	—	day
4	$1,000	$1,000	—	day
5	$1,250	$1,225	you save $25	week
6	$1,500	$1,225	you save $275	week
7	$1,750	$1,225	you save $525	week
8	$2,000	$1,475	you save $525	week
9	$2,250	$1,725	you save $525	week
10	$2,500	$1,975	you save $525	week
11	$2,750	$2,225	you save $525	week
12	$3,000	$2,450	you save $550	week
13	$3,250	$2,450	you save $800	week
14	$3,500	$2,450	you save $1,050	week
15	$3,750	$2,700	you save $1,050	week
16	$4,000	$2,950	you save $1,050	week
17	$4,250	$3,075	you save $1,175	28-day
18	$4,500	$3,075	you save $1,425	28-day
19	$4,750	$3,075	you save $1,675	28-day
20	$5,000	$3,075	you save $1,925	28-day
21	$5,250	$3,075	you save $2,175	28-day
22	$5,500	$3,075	you save $2,425	28-day
23	$5,750	$3,075	you save $2,675	28-day
24	$6,000	$3,075	you save $2,925	28-day
25	$6,250	$3,075	you save $3,175	28-day
26	$6,500	$3,075	you save $3,425	28-day
27	$6,750	$3,075	you save $3,675	28-day
28	$7,000	$3,075	you save $3,925	28-day
29	$7,250	$3,325	you save $3,925	day
30	$7,500	$3,575	you save $3,925	day
31	$7,750	$3,825	you save $3,925	day
32	$8,000	$4,075	you save $3,925	day
33	$8,250	$4,300	you save $3,950	week
34	$8,500	$4,300	you save $4,200	week
35	$8,750	$4,300	you save $4,450	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 · 17 days: $3,075
Rental protection (RPP): $461.25
Service fee: $307.50
Estimated total: $3,843.75

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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.