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.

2.5 Ton pallet Jack

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Ahmed Showman · Pallet Jack - Manual

Day
$49
Week
$125
28 days
$240

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $147. On the week rate it is $125.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $490. On the 28-day rate it is $240.

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 2.5 Ton pallet Jack, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$49$49—day
2$98$98—day
3$147$125you save $22week
4$196$125you save $71week
5$245$125you save $120week
6$294$125you save $169week
7$343$125you save $218week
8$392$174you save $218week
9$441$223you save $218week
10$490$240you save $25028-day
11$539$240you save $29928-day
12$588$240you save $34828-day
13$637$240you save $39728-day
14$686$240you save $44628-day
15$735$240you save $49528-day
16$784$240you save $54428-day
17$833$240you save $59328-day
18$882$240you save $64228-day
19$931$240you save $69128-day
20$980$240you save $74028-day
21$1,029$240you save $78928-day
22$1,078$240you save $83828-day
23$1,127$240you save $88728-day
24$1,176$240you save $93628-day
25$1,225$240you save $98528-day
26$1,274$240you save $1,03428-day
27$1,323$240you save $1,08328-day
28$1,372$240you save $1,13228-day
29$1,421$289you save $1,132day
30$1,470$338you save $1,132day
31$1,519$365you save $1,154week
32$1,568$365you save $1,203week
33$1,617$365you save $1,252week
34$1,666$365you save $1,301week
35$1,715$365you save $1,350week

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.