When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota Compact Tractor with Loader and Backhoe by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $210 day rate would be $1,470, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,264.

When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota Compact Tractor with Loader and Backhoe on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,969 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 Compact Tractor with Loader and Backhoe

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Christopher Jorgensen · Tractors - Compact

Day: $210
Week: $1,264
28 days: $3,969

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $1,470. On the week rate it is $1,264.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $4,620. On the 28-day rate it is $3,969.

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 Compact Tractor with Loader and Backhoe, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$210	$210	—	day
2	$420	$420	—	day
3	$630	$630	—	day
4	$840	$840	—	day
5	$1,050	$1,050	—	day
6	$1,260	$1,260	—	day
7	$1,470	$1,264	you save $206	week
8	$1,680	$1,474	you save $206	week
9	$1,890	$1,684	you save $206	week
10	$2,100	$1,894	you save $206	week
11	$2,310	$2,104	you save $206	week
12	$2,520	$2,314	you save $206	week
13	$2,730	$2,524	you save $206	week
14	$2,940	$2,528	you save $412	week
15	$3,150	$2,738	you save $412	week
16	$3,360	$2,948	you save $412	week
17	$3,570	$3,158	you save $412	week
18	$3,780	$3,368	you save $412	week
19	$3,990	$3,578	you save $412	week
20	$4,200	$3,788	you save $412	week
21	$4,410	$3,792	you save $618	week
22	$4,620	$3,969	you save $651	28-day
23	$4,830	$3,969	you save $861	28-day
24	$5,040	$3,969	you save $1,071	28-day
25	$5,250	$3,969	you save $1,281	28-day
26	$5,460	$3,969	you save $1,491	28-day
27	$5,670	$3,969	you save $1,701	28-day
28	$5,880	$3,969	you save $1,911	28-day
29	$6,090	$4,179	you save $1,911	day
30	$6,300	$4,389	you save $1,911	day
31	$6,510	$4,599	you save $1,911	day
32	$6,720	$4,809	you save $1,911	day
33	$6,930	$5,019	you save $1,911	day
34	$7,140	$5,229	you save $1,911	day
35	$7,350	$5,233	you save $2,117	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: $3,969
Rental protection (RPP): $595.35
Service fee: $396.90
Estimated total: $4,961.25

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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.