When is it cheaper to rent a JLG 642 Telehandler by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $298 day rate would be $1,192, but the weekly rate caps it at $897.

When is it cheaper to rent a JLG 642 Telehandler on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,414 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 642 Telehandler

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Coldspring Rental · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $298
Week: $897
28 days: $2,414

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,192. On the week rate it is $897.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $5,066. On the 28-day rate it is $2,414.

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 642 Telehandler, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$298	$298	—	day
2	$596	$596	—	day
3	$894	$894	—	day
4	$1,192	$897	you save $295	week
5	$1,490	$897	you save $593	week
6	$1,788	$897	you save $891	week
7	$2,086	$897	you save $1,189	week
8	$2,384	$1,195	you save $1,189	week
9	$2,682	$1,493	you save $1,189	week
10	$2,980	$1,791	you save $1,189	week
11	$3,278	$1,794	you save $1,484	week
12	$3,576	$1,794	you save $1,782	week
13	$3,874	$1,794	you save $2,080	week
14	$4,172	$1,794	you save $2,378	week
15	$4,470	$2,092	you save $2,378	week
16	$4,768	$2,390	you save $2,378	week
17	$5,066	$2,414	you save $2,652	28-day
18	$5,364	$2,414	you save $2,950	28-day
19	$5,662	$2,414	you save $3,248	28-day
20	$5,960	$2,414	you save $3,546	28-day
21	$6,258	$2,414	you save $3,844	28-day
22	$6,556	$2,414	you save $4,142	28-day
23	$6,854	$2,414	you save $4,440	28-day
24	$7,152	$2,414	you save $4,738	28-day
25	$7,450	$2,414	you save $5,036	28-day
26	$7,748	$2,414	you save $5,334	28-day
27	$8,046	$2,414	you save $5,632	28-day
28	$8,344	$2,414	you save $5,930	28-day
29	$8,642	$2,712	you save $5,930	day
30	$8,940	$3,010	you save $5,930	day
31	$9,238	$3,308	you save $5,930	day
32	$9,536	$3,311	you save $6,225	week
33	$9,834	$3,311	you save $6,523	week
34	$10,132	$3,311	you save $6,821	week
35	$10,430	$3,311	you save $7,119	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: $2,414
Rental protection (RPP): $362.10
Service fee: $241.40
Estimated total: $3,017.50

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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.