When is it cheaper to rent a Electric 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 $519.

When is it cheaper to rent a Electric Forklift on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,677 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.

Electric Forklift

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Brian Morris · Forklifts - Industrial

Day: $130
Week: $519
28 days: $1,677

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $520. On the week rate it is $519.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,860. On the 28-day rate it is $1,677.

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 Electric 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	$519	you save $1	week
5	$650	$519	you save $131	week
6	$780	$519	you save $261	week
7	$910	$519	you save $391	week
8	$1,040	$649	you save $391	week
9	$1,170	$779	you save $391	week
10	$1,300	$909	you save $391	week
11	$1,430	$1,038	you save $392	week
12	$1,560	$1,038	you save $522	week
13	$1,690	$1,038	you save $652	week
14	$1,820	$1,038	you save $782	week
15	$1,950	$1,168	you save $782	week
16	$2,080	$1,298	you save $782	week
17	$2,210	$1,428	you save $782	week
18	$2,340	$1,557	you save $783	week
19	$2,470	$1,557	you save $913	week
20	$2,600	$1,557	you save $1,043	week
21	$2,730	$1,557	you save $1,173	week
22	$2,860	$1,677	you save $1,183	28-day
23	$2,990	$1,677	you save $1,313	28-day
24	$3,120	$1,677	you save $1,443	28-day
25	$3,250	$1,677	you save $1,573	28-day
26	$3,380	$1,677	you save $1,703	28-day
27	$3,510	$1,677	you save $1,833	28-day
28	$3,640	$1,677	you save $1,963	28-day
29	$3,770	$1,807	you save $1,963	day
30	$3,900	$1,937	you save $1,963	day
31	$4,030	$2,067	you save $1,963	day
32	$4,160	$2,196	you save $1,964	week
33	$4,290	$2,196	you save $2,094	week
34	$4,420	$2,196	you save $2,224	week
35	$4,550	$2,196	you save $2,354	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 · 22 days: $1,677
Rental protection (RPP): $251.55
Service fee: $167.70
Estimated total: $2,096.25

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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.