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.

Kubota Mini Excavator & Trailer

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Jared Edwards · Excavators - Mini

Day
$260
Week
$999
28 days
$1,995

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,040. On the week rate it is $999.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $2,860. On the 28-day rate it is $1,995.

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 Kubota Mini Excavator & Trailer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$260$260—day
2$520$520—day
3$780$780—day
4$1,040$999you save $41week
5$1,300$999you save $301week
6$1,560$999you save $561week
7$1,820$999you save $821week
8$2,080$1,259you save $821week
9$2,340$1,519you save $821week
10$2,600$1,779you save $821week
11$2,860$1,995you save $86528-day
12$3,120$1,995you save $1,12528-day
13$3,380$1,995you save $1,38528-day
14$3,640$1,995you save $1,64528-day
15$3,900$1,995you save $1,90528-day
16$4,160$1,995you save $2,16528-day
17$4,420$1,995you save $2,42528-day
18$4,680$1,995you save $2,68528-day
19$4,940$1,995you save $2,94528-day
20$5,200$1,995you save $3,20528-day
21$5,460$1,995you save $3,46528-day
22$5,720$1,995you save $3,72528-day
23$5,980$1,995you save $3,98528-day
24$6,240$1,995you save $4,24528-day
25$6,500$1,995you save $4,50528-day
26$6,760$1,995you save $4,76528-day
27$7,020$1,995you save $5,02528-day
28$7,280$1,995you save $5,28528-day
29$7,540$2,255you save $5,285day
30$7,800$2,515you save $5,285day
31$8,060$2,775you save $5,285day
32$8,320$2,994you save $5,326week
33$8,580$2,994you save $5,586week
34$8,840$2,994you save $5,846week
35$9,100$2,994you save $6,106week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 11 days
$1,995
Rental protection (RPP)
$299.25
Service fee
$199.50
Estimated total
$2,493.75

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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.