When is it cheaper to rent a 5000 Pound Toyota Forklift by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $130 day rate would be $520, but the weekly rate caps it at $455.

When is it cheaper to rent a 5000 Pound Toyota Forklift on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,365 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.

5000 Pound Toyota Forklift

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JCarr Rentals · Forklifts - Industrial

Day: $130
Week: $455
28 days: $1,365

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $520. On the week rate it is $455.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $2,340. On the 28-day rate it is $1,365.

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 5000 Pound Toyota Forklift, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$130	$130	—	day
2	$260	$260	—	day
3	$390	$390	—	day
4	$520	$455	you save $65	week
5	$650	$455	you save $195	week
6	$780	$455	you save $325	week
7	$910	$455	you save $455	week
8	$1,040	$585	you save $455	week
9	$1,170	$715	you save $455	week
10	$1,300	$845	you save $455	week
11	$1,430	$910	you save $520	week
12	$1,560	$910	you save $650	week
13	$1,690	$910	you save $780	week
14	$1,820	$910	you save $910	week
15	$1,950	$1,040	you save $910	week
16	$2,080	$1,170	you save $910	week
17	$2,210	$1,300	you save $910	week
18	$2,340	$1,365	you save $975	28-day
19	$2,470	$1,365	you save $1,105	28-day
20	$2,600	$1,365	you save $1,235	28-day
21	$2,730	$1,365	you save $1,365	28-day
22	$2,860	$1,365	you save $1,495	28-day
23	$2,990	$1,365	you save $1,625	28-day
24	$3,120	$1,365	you save $1,755	28-day
25	$3,250	$1,365	you save $1,885	28-day
26	$3,380	$1,365	you save $2,015	28-day
27	$3,510	$1,365	you save $2,145	28-day
28	$3,640	$1,365	you save $2,275	28-day
29	$3,770	$1,495	you save $2,275	day
30	$3,900	$1,625	you save $2,275	day
31	$4,030	$1,755	you save $2,275	day
32	$4,160	$1,820	you save $2,340	week
33	$4,290	$1,820	you save $2,470	week
34	$4,420	$1,820	you save $2,600	week
35	$4,550	$1,820	you save $2,730	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 · 18 days: $1,365
Rental protection (RPP): $204.75
Service fee: $136.50
Estimated total: $1,706.25

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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.