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.
2023 John Deere 330g
See the listing →maggie price · Loaders - Skid Steers
- Day
- $297
- Week
- $1,780
- 28 days
- $4,900
Daily stops winning on
day 6
6 days at the day rate would be $1,782. On the week rate it is $1,780.
Weekly stops winning on
day 19
19 days at the day rate would be $5,643. On the 28-day rate it is $4,900.
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.
| Days | At the day rate | On the ladder | Difference | Rate in play |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $297 | $297 | — | day |
| 2 | $594 | $594 | — | day |
| 3 | $891 | $891 | — | day |
| 4 | $1,188 | $1,188 | — | day |
| 5 | $1,485 | $1,485 | — | day |
| 6 | $1,782 | $1,780 | you save $2 | week |
| 7 | $2,079 | $1,780 | you save $299 | week |
| 8 | $2,376 | $2,077 | you save $299 | week |
| 9 | $2,673 | $2,374 | you save $299 | week |
| 10 | $2,970 | $2,671 | you save $299 | week |
| 11 | $3,267 | $2,968 | you save $299 | week |
| 12 | $3,564 | $3,265 | you save $299 | week |
| 13 | $3,861 | $3,560 | you save $301 | week |
| 14 | $4,158 | $3,560 | you save $598 | week |
| 15 | $4,455 | $3,857 | you save $598 | week |
| 16 | $4,752 | $4,154 | you save $598 | week |
| 17 | $5,049 | $4,451 | you save $598 | week |
| 18 | $5,346 | $4,748 | you save $598 | week |
| 19 | $5,643 | $4,900 | you save $743 | 28-day |
| 20 | $5,940 | $4,900 | you save $1,040 | 28-day |
| 21 | $6,237 | $4,900 | you save $1,337 | 28-day |
| 22 | $6,534 | $4,900 | you save $1,634 | 28-day |
| 23 | $6,831 | $4,900 | you save $1,931 | 28-day |
| 24 | $7,128 | $4,900 | you save $2,228 | 28-day |
| 25 | $7,425 | $4,900 | you save $2,525 | 28-day |
| 26 | $7,722 | $4,900 | you save $2,822 | 28-day |
| 27 | $8,019 | $4,900 | you save $3,119 | 28-day |
| 28 | $8,316 | $4,900 | you save $3,416 | 28-day |
| 29 | $8,613 | $5,197 | you save $3,416 | day |
| 30 | $8,910 | $5,494 | you save $3,416 | day |
| 31 | $9,207 | $5,791 | you save $3,416 | day |
| 32 | $9,504 | $6,088 | you save $3,416 | day |
| 33 | $9,801 | $6,385 | you save $3,416 | day |
| 34 | $10,098 | $6,680 | you save $3,418 | week |
| 35 | $10,395 | $6,680 | you save $3,715 | 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 · 19 days
- $4,900
- Rental protection (RPP)
- $735
- Service fee
- $490
- Estimated total
- $6,125
Pick a listing
The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.
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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.