When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota Zero Turn Mower by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $176 day rate would be $880, but the weekly rate caps it at $739.

When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota Zero Turn Mower on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,112 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.

Kubota Zero Turn Mower

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Jaiden Lankester · Lawn Mowers - Ride On

Day: $176
Week: $739
28 days: $2,112

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $880. On the week rate it is $739.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $3,168. On the 28-day rate it is $2,112.

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 Kubota Zero Turn Mower, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$176	$176	—	day
2	$352	$352	—	day
3	$528	$528	—	day
4	$704	$704	—	day
5	$880	$739	you save $141	week
6	$1,056	$739	you save $317	week
7	$1,232	$739	you save $493	week
8	$1,408	$915	you save $493	week
9	$1,584	$1,091	you save $493	week
10	$1,760	$1,267	you save $493	week
11	$1,936	$1,443	you save $493	week
12	$2,112	$1,478	you save $634	week
13	$2,288	$1,478	you save $810	week
14	$2,464	$1,478	you save $986	week
15	$2,640	$1,654	you save $986	week
16	$2,816	$1,830	you save $986	week
17	$2,992	$2,006	you save $986	week
18	$3,168	$2,112	you save $1,056	28-day
19	$3,344	$2,112	you save $1,232	28-day
20	$3,520	$2,112	you save $1,408	28-day
21	$3,696	$2,112	you save $1,584	28-day
22	$3,872	$2,112	you save $1,760	28-day
23	$4,048	$2,112	you save $1,936	28-day
24	$4,224	$2,112	you save $2,112	28-day
25	$4,400	$2,112	you save $2,288	28-day
26	$4,576	$2,112	you save $2,464	28-day
27	$4,752	$2,112	you save $2,640	28-day
28	$4,928	$2,112	you save $2,816	28-day
29	$5,104	$2,288	you save $2,816	day
30	$5,280	$2,464	you save $2,816	day
31	$5,456	$2,640	you save $2,816	day
32	$5,632	$2,816	you save $2,816	day
33	$5,808	$2,851	you save $2,957	week
34	$5,984	$2,851	you save $3,133	week
35	$6,160	$2,851	you save $3,309	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: $2,112
Rental protection (RPP): $316.80
Service fee: $211.20
Estimated total: $2,640

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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.