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

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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.

Rental price by duration for 2023 John Deere 330g, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate 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$1,780you save $2week
7$2,079$1,780you save $299week
8$2,376$2,077you save $299week
9$2,673$2,374you save $299week
10$2,970$2,671you save $299week
11$3,267$2,968you save $299week
12$3,564$3,265you save $299week
13$3,861$3,560you save $301week
14$4,158$3,560you save $598week
15$4,455$3,857you save $598week
16$4,752$4,154you save $598week
17$5,049$4,451you save $598week
18$5,346$4,748you save $598week
19$5,643$4,900you save $74328-day
20$5,940$4,900you save $1,04028-day
21$6,237$4,900you save $1,33728-day
22$6,534$4,900you save $1,63428-day
23$6,831$4,900you save $1,93128-day
24$7,128$4,900you save $2,22828-day
25$7,425$4,900you save $2,52528-day
26$7,722$4,900you save $2,82228-day
27$8,019$4,900you save $3,11928-day
28$8,316$4,900you save $3,41628-day
29$8,613$5,197you save $3,416day
30$8,910$5,494you save $3,416day
31$9,207$5,791you save $3,416day
32$9,504$6,088you save $3,416day
33$9,801$6,385you save $3,416day
34$10,098$6,680you save $3,418week
35$10,395$6,680you save $3,715week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.