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.

Yale Forklift Pallet Jack

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Ahmed Gamal · Forklifts - Industrial

Day
$47
Week
$178
28 days
$536

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $188. On the week rate it is $178.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $1,034. On the 28-day rate it is $536.

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 Yale Forklift Pallet Jack, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$47$47—day
2$94$94—day
3$141$141—day
4$188$178you save $10week
5$235$178you save $57week
6$282$178you save $104week
7$329$178you save $151week
8$376$225you save $151week
9$423$272you save $151week
10$470$319you save $151week
11$517$356you save $161week
12$564$356you save $208week
13$611$356you save $255week
14$658$356you save $302week
15$705$403you save $302week
16$752$450you save $302week
17$799$497you save $302week
18$846$534you save $312week
19$893$534you save $359week
20$940$534you save $406week
21$987$534you save $453week
22$1,034$536you save $49828-day
23$1,081$536you save $54528-day
24$1,128$536you save $59228-day
25$1,175$536you save $63928-day
26$1,222$536you save $68628-day
27$1,269$536you save $73328-day
28$1,316$536you save $78028-day
29$1,363$583you save $780day
30$1,410$630you save $780day
31$1,457$677you save $780day
32$1,504$714you save $790week
33$1,551$714you save $837week
34$1,598$714you save $884week
35$1,645$714you save $931week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$536
Rental protection (RPP)
$80.40
Service fee
$53.60
Estimated total
$670

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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.