When is it cheaper to rent a Big Joe E-30 Electric Pallet Jack 3000lb Capacity on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,600 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Big Joe E-30 Electric Pallet Jack 3000lb Capacity by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $150 day rate would be $600, but the weekly rate caps it at $475.

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.

Big Joe E-30 Electric Pallet Jack 3000lb Capacity

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Brandon Cain · Pallet Jack - Electric

Day: $150
Week: $475
28 days: $1,600

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $600. On the week rate it is $475.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $3,450. On the 28-day rate it is $1,600.

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 Big Joe E-30 Electric Pallet Jack 3000lb Capacity, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$150	$150	—	day
2	$300	$300	—	day
3	$450	$450	—	day
4	$600	$475	you save $125	week
5	$750	$475	you save $275	week
6	$900	$475	you save $425	week
7	$1,050	$475	you save $575	week
8	$1,200	$625	you save $575	week
9	$1,350	$775	you save $575	week
10	$1,500	$925	you save $575	week
11	$1,650	$950	you save $700	week
12	$1,800	$950	you save $850	week
13	$1,950	$950	you save $1,000	week
14	$2,100	$950	you save $1,150	week
15	$2,250	$1,100	you save $1,150	week
16	$2,400	$1,250	you save $1,150	week
17	$2,550	$1,400	you save $1,150	week
18	$2,700	$1,425	you save $1,275	week
19	$2,850	$1,425	you save $1,425	week
20	$3,000	$1,425	you save $1,575	week
21	$3,150	$1,425	you save $1,725	week
22	$3,300	$1,575	you save $1,725	week
23	$3,450	$1,600	you save $1,850	28-day
24	$3,600	$1,600	you save $2,000	28-day
25	$3,750	$1,600	you save $2,150	28-day
26	$3,900	$1,600	you save $2,300	28-day
27	$4,050	$1,600	you save $2,450	28-day
28	$4,200	$1,600	you save $2,600	28-day
29	$4,350	$1,750	you save $2,600	day
30	$4,500	$1,900	you save $2,600	day
31	$4,650	$2,050	you save $2,600	day
32	$4,800	$2,075	you save $2,725	week
33	$4,950	$2,075	you save $2,875	week
34	$5,100	$2,075	you save $3,025	week
35	$5,250	$2,075	you save $3,175	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 · 23 days: $1,600
Rental protection (RPP): $240
Service fee: $160
Estimated total: $2,000

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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.