Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota BX-Series Sub-Compact Tractor with LA435 Loader, Mid-Mount Mower and Rear Rotary Cutter by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $189 day rate would be $1,134, but the weekly rate caps it at $945.

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota BX-Series Sub-Compact Tractor with LA435 Loader, Mid-Mount Mower and Rear Rotary Cutter on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,180 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

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 BX-Series Sub-Compact Tractor with LA435 Loader, Mid-Mount Mower and Rear Rotary Cutter

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Ray Road Equipment · Compact Tractor

Day: $189
Week: $945
28 days: $3,180

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $1,134. On the week rate it is $945.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $4,347. On the 28-day rate it is $3,180.

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 BX-Series Sub-Compact Tractor with LA435 Loader, Mid-Mount Mower and Rear Rotary Cutter, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$189	$189	—	day
2	$378	$378	—	day
3	$567	$567	—	day
4	$756	$756	—	day
5	$945	$945	—	day
6	$1,134	$945	you save $189	week
7	$1,323	$945	you save $378	week
8	$1,512	$1,134	you save $378	week
9	$1,701	$1,323	you save $378	week
10	$1,890	$1,512	you save $378	week
11	$2,079	$1,701	you save $378	week
12	$2,268	$1,890	you save $378	week
13	$2,457	$1,890	you save $567	week
14	$2,646	$1,890	you save $756	week
15	$2,835	$2,079	you save $756	week
16	$3,024	$2,268	you save $756	week
17	$3,213	$2,457	you save $756	week
18	$3,402	$2,646	you save $756	week
19	$3,591	$2,835	you save $756	week
20	$3,780	$2,835	you save $945	week
21	$3,969	$2,835	you save $1,134	week
22	$4,158	$3,024	you save $1,134	week
23	$4,347	$3,180	you save $1,167	28-day
24	$4,536	$3,180	you save $1,356	28-day
25	$4,725	$3,180	you save $1,545	28-day
26	$4,914	$3,180	you save $1,734	28-day
27	$5,103	$3,180	you save $1,923	28-day
28	$5,292	$3,180	you save $2,112	28-day
29	$5,481	$3,369	you save $2,112	day
30	$5,670	$3,558	you save $2,112	day
31	$5,859	$3,747	you save $2,112	day
32	$6,048	$3,936	you save $2,112	day
33	$6,237	$4,125	you save $2,112	day
34	$6,426	$4,125	you save $2,301	week
35	$6,615	$4,125	you save $2,490	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: $3,180
Rental protection (RPP): $477
Service fee: $318
Estimated total: $3,975

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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.