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.

new holland tl90a

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Donald Boyd · Tractors - Compact

Day
$275
Week
$650
28 days
$2,200

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $825. On the week rate it is $650.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $6,050. On the 28-day rate it is $2,200.

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 new holland tl90a, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$275$275—day
2$550$550—day
3$825$650you save $175week
4$1,100$650you save $450week
5$1,375$650you save $725week
6$1,650$650you save $1,000week
7$1,925$650you save $1,275week
8$2,200$925you save $1,275week
9$2,475$1,200you save $1,275week
10$2,750$1,300you save $1,450week
11$3,025$1,300you save $1,725week
12$3,300$1,300you save $2,000week
13$3,575$1,300you save $2,275week
14$3,850$1,300you save $2,550week
15$4,125$1,575you save $2,550week
16$4,400$1,850you save $2,550week
17$4,675$1,950you save $2,725week
18$4,950$1,950you save $3,000week
19$5,225$1,950you save $3,275week
20$5,500$1,950you save $3,550week
21$5,775$1,950you save $3,825week
22$6,050$2,200you save $3,85028-day
23$6,325$2,200you save $4,12528-day
24$6,600$2,200you save $4,40028-day
25$6,875$2,200you save $4,67528-day
26$7,150$2,200you save $4,95028-day
27$7,425$2,200you save $5,22528-day
28$7,700$2,200you save $5,50028-day
29$7,975$2,475you save $5,500day
30$8,250$2,750you save $5,500day
31$8,525$2,850you save $5,675week
32$8,800$2,850you save $5,950week
33$9,075$2,850you save $6,225week
34$9,350$2,850you save $6,500week
35$9,625$2,850you save $6,775week

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
$2,200
Rental protection (RPP)
$330
Service fee
$220
Estimated total
$2,750

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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.