When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere Frontier Rotary Cutter by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $75 day rate would be $375, but the weekly rate caps it at $325.

When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere Frontier Rotary Cutter on the 28-day rate?

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,100 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.

John Deere Frontier Rotary Cutter

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Mark Perry · Tractors - Attachments

Day: $75
Week: $325
28 days: $1,100

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $375. On the week rate it is $325.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $1,725. On the 28-day rate it is $1,100.

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 John Deere Frontier Rotary Cutter, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$325	you save $50	week
6	$450	$325	you save $125	week
7	$525	$325	you save $200	week
8	$600	$400	you save $200	week
9	$675	$475	you save $200	week
10	$750	$550	you save $200	week
11	$825	$625	you save $200	week
12	$900	$650	you save $250	week
13	$975	$650	you save $325	week
14	$1,050	$650	you save $400	week
15	$1,125	$725	you save $400	week
16	$1,200	$800	you save $400	week
17	$1,275	$875	you save $400	week
18	$1,350	$950	you save $400	week
19	$1,425	$975	you save $450	week
20	$1,500	$975	you save $525	week
21	$1,575	$975	you save $600	week
22	$1,650	$1,050	you save $600	week
23	$1,725	$1,100	you save $625	28-day
24	$1,800	$1,100	you save $700	28-day
25	$1,875	$1,100	you save $775	28-day
26	$1,950	$1,100	you save $850	28-day
27	$2,025	$1,100	you save $925	28-day
28	$2,100	$1,100	you save $1,000	28-day
29	$2,175	$1,175	you save $1,000	day
30	$2,250	$1,250	you save $1,000	day
31	$2,325	$1,325	you save $1,000	day
32	$2,400	$1,400	you save $1,000	day
33	$2,475	$1,425	you save $1,050	week
34	$2,550	$1,425	you save $1,125	week
35	$2,625	$1,425	you save $1,200	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: $1,100
Rental protection (RPP): $165
Service fee: $110
Estimated total: $1,375

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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.