When is it cheaper to rent a 20' JCB 505-20TC Telehandler, #4 by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $286 day rate would be $1,144, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,140.

When is it cheaper to rent a 20' JCB 505-20TC Telehandler, #4 on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,420 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.

20' JCB 505-20TC Telehandler, #4

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Simon Equipment Rentals · Forklifts - Telehandler

Day: $286
Week: $1,140
28 days: $3,420

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,144. On the week rate it is $1,140.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $5,148. On the 28-day rate it is $3,420.

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 20' JCB 505-20TC Telehandler, #4, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$286	$286	—	day
2	$572	$572	—	day
3	$858	$858	—	day
4	$1,144	$1,140	you save $4	week
5	$1,430	$1,140	you save $290	week
6	$1,716	$1,140	you save $576	week
7	$2,002	$1,140	you save $862	week
8	$2,288	$1,426	you save $862	week
9	$2,574	$1,712	you save $862	week
10	$2,860	$1,998	you save $862	week
11	$3,146	$2,280	you save $866	week
12	$3,432	$2,280	you save $1,152	week
13	$3,718	$2,280	you save $1,438	week
14	$4,004	$2,280	you save $1,724	week
15	$4,290	$2,566	you save $1,724	week
16	$4,576	$2,852	you save $1,724	week
17	$4,862	$3,138	you save $1,724	week
18	$5,148	$3,420	you save $1,728	28-day
19	$5,434	$3,420	you save $2,014	28-day
20	$5,720	$3,420	you save $2,300	28-day
21	$6,006	$3,420	you save $2,586	28-day
22	$6,292	$3,420	you save $2,872	28-day
23	$6,578	$3,420	you save $3,158	28-day
24	$6,864	$3,420	you save $3,444	28-day
25	$7,150	$3,420	you save $3,730	28-day
26	$7,436	$3,420	you save $4,016	28-day
27	$7,722	$3,420	you save $4,302	28-day
28	$8,008	$3,420	you save $4,588	28-day
29	$8,294	$3,706	you save $4,588	day
30	$8,580	$3,992	you save $4,588	day
31	$8,866	$4,278	you save $4,588	day
32	$9,152	$4,560	you save $4,592	week
33	$9,438	$4,560	you save $4,878	week
34	$9,724	$4,560	you save $5,164	week
35	$10,010	$4,560	you save $5,450	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 · 18 days: $3,420
Rental protection (RPP): $513
Service fee: $342
Estimated total: $4,275

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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.