When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota L3302 Tractor by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $240 day rate would be $1,680, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,512.

When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota L3302 Tractor on the 28-day rate?

From day 27. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $5,760 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.

Kubota L3302 Tractor

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Ryan Oehring · Tractors - Compact

Day: $240
Week: $1,512
28 days: $5,760

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $1,680. On the week rate it is $1,512.

Weekly stops winning on

day 27

27 days at the day rate would be $6,480. On the 28-day rate it is $5,760.

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 L3302 Tractor, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$240	$240	—	day
2	$480	$480	—	day
3	$720	$720	—	day
4	$960	$960	—	day
5	$1,200	$1,200	—	day
6	$1,440	$1,440	—	day
7	$1,680	$1,512	you save $168	week
8	$1,920	$1,752	you save $168	week
9	$2,160	$1,992	you save $168	week
10	$2,400	$2,232	you save $168	week
11	$2,640	$2,472	you save $168	week
12	$2,880	$2,712	you save $168	week
13	$3,120	$2,952	you save $168	week
14	$3,360	$3,024	you save $336	week
15	$3,600	$3,264	you save $336	week
16	$3,840	$3,504	you save $336	week
17	$4,080	$3,744	you save $336	week
18	$4,320	$3,984	you save $336	week
19	$4,560	$4,224	you save $336	week
20	$4,800	$4,464	you save $336	week
21	$5,040	$4,536	you save $504	week
22	$5,280	$4,776	you save $504	week
23	$5,520	$5,016	you save $504	week
24	$5,760	$5,256	you save $504	week
25	$6,000	$5,496	you save $504	week
26	$6,240	$5,736	you save $504	week
27	$6,480	$5,760	you save $720	28-day
28	$6,720	$5,760	you save $960	28-day
29	$6,960	$6,000	you save $960	day
30	$7,200	$6,240	you save $960	day
31	$7,440	$6,480	you save $960	day
32	$7,680	$6,720	you save $960	day
33	$7,920	$6,960	you save $960	day
34	$8,160	$7,200	you save $960	day
35	$8,400	$7,272	you save $1,128	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 · 27 days: $5,760
Rental protection (RPP): $864
Service fee: $576
Estimated total: $7,200

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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.