When is it cheaper to rent a 35hp tractor by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $235 day rate would be $1,410, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,175.

When is it cheaper to rent a 35hp tractor on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $4,700 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.

35hp tractor

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Arthur and · Tractors - Compact

Day: $235
Week: $1,175
28 days: $4,700

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $1,410. On the week rate it is $1,175.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $6,110. On the 28-day rate it is $4,700.

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 35hp tractor, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$235	$235	—	day
2	$470	$470	—	day
3	$705	$705	—	day
4	$940	$940	—	day
5	$1,175	$1,175	—	day
6	$1,410	$1,175	you save $235	week
7	$1,645	$1,175	you save $470	week
8	$1,880	$1,410	you save $470	week
9	$2,115	$1,645	you save $470	week
10	$2,350	$1,880	you save $470	week
11	$2,585	$2,115	you save $470	week
12	$2,820	$2,350	you save $470	week
13	$3,055	$2,350	you save $705	week
14	$3,290	$2,350	you save $940	week
15	$3,525	$2,585	you save $940	week
16	$3,760	$2,820	you save $940	week
17	$3,995	$3,055	you save $940	week
18	$4,230	$3,290	you save $940	week
19	$4,465	$3,525	you save $940	week
20	$4,700	$3,525	you save $1,175	week
21	$4,935	$3,525	you save $1,410	week
22	$5,170	$3,760	you save $1,410	week
23	$5,405	$3,995	you save $1,410	week
24	$5,640	$4,230	you save $1,410	week
25	$5,875	$4,465	you save $1,410	week
26	$6,110	$4,700	you save $1,410	28-day
27	$6,345	$4,700	you save $1,645	28-day
28	$6,580	$4,700	you save $1,880	28-day
29	$6,815	$4,935	you save $1,880	day
30	$7,050	$5,170	you save $1,880	day
31	$7,285	$5,405	you save $1,880	day
32	$7,520	$5,640	you save $1,880	day
33	$7,755	$5,875	you save $1,880	day
34	$7,990	$5,875	you save $2,115	week
35	$8,225	$5,875	you save $2,350	week

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.