When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere 310L EP Backhoe Loader 4x4 by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $279 day rate would be $1,116, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,113.

When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere 310L EP Backhoe Loader 4x4 on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,348 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 310L EP Backhoe Loader 4x4

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Marcelo Diaz Tostado · Loaders - Backhoes

Day: $279
Week: $1,113
28 days: $3,348

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,116. On the week rate it is $1,113.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $6,138. On the 28-day rate it is $3,348.

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 310L EP Backhoe Loader 4x4, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$279	$279	—	day
2	$558	$558	—	day
3	$837	$837	—	day
4	$1,116	$1,113	you save $3	week
5	$1,395	$1,113	you save $282	week
6	$1,674	$1,113	you save $561	week
7	$1,953	$1,113	you save $840	week
8	$2,232	$1,392	you save $840	week
9	$2,511	$1,671	you save $840	week
10	$2,790	$1,950	you save $840	week
11	$3,069	$2,226	you save $843	week
12	$3,348	$2,226	you save $1,122	week
13	$3,627	$2,226	you save $1,401	week
14	$3,906	$2,226	you save $1,680	week
15	$4,185	$2,505	you save $1,680	week
16	$4,464	$2,784	you save $1,680	week
17	$4,743	$3,063	you save $1,680	week
18	$5,022	$3,339	you save $1,683	week
19	$5,301	$3,339	you save $1,962	week
20	$5,580	$3,339	you save $2,241	week
21	$5,859	$3,339	you save $2,520	week
22	$6,138	$3,348	you save $2,790	28-day
23	$6,417	$3,348	you save $3,069	28-day
24	$6,696	$3,348	you save $3,348	28-day
25	$6,975	$3,348	you save $3,627	28-day
26	$7,254	$3,348	you save $3,906	28-day
27	$7,533	$3,348	you save $4,185	28-day
28	$7,812	$3,348	you save $4,464	28-day
29	$8,091	$3,627	you save $4,464	day
30	$8,370	$3,906	you save $4,464	day
31	$8,649	$4,185	you save $4,464	day
32	$8,928	$4,461	you save $4,467	week
33	$9,207	$4,461	you save $4,746	week
34	$9,486	$4,461	you save $5,025	week
35	$9,765	$4,461	you save $5,304	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 · 22 days: $3,348
Rental protection (RPP): $502.20
Service fee: $334.80
Estimated total: $4,185

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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.