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 Hydraulic Hammer

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Pedro Mora · Loaders - Skid Steers - Attachments

Day
$150
Week
$703
28 days
$1,530

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $750. On the week rate it is $703.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $2,250. On the 28-day rate it is $1,530.

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 Hydraulic Hammer, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$150$150—day
2$300$300—day
3$450$450—day
4$600$600—day
5$750$703you save $47week
6$900$703you save $197week
7$1,050$703you save $347week
8$1,200$853you save $347week
9$1,350$1,003you save $347week
10$1,500$1,153you save $347week
11$1,650$1,303you save $347week
12$1,800$1,406you save $394week
13$1,950$1,406you save $544week
14$2,100$1,406you save $694week
15$2,250$1,530you save $72028-day
16$2,400$1,530you save $87028-day
17$2,550$1,530you save $1,02028-day
18$2,700$1,530you save $1,17028-day
19$2,850$1,530you save $1,32028-day
20$3,000$1,530you save $1,47028-day
21$3,150$1,530you save $1,62028-day
22$3,300$1,530you save $1,77028-day
23$3,450$1,530you save $1,92028-day
24$3,600$1,530you save $2,07028-day
25$3,750$1,530you save $2,22028-day
26$3,900$1,530you save $2,37028-day
27$4,050$1,530you save $2,52028-day
28$4,200$1,530you save $2,67028-day
29$4,350$1,680you save $2,670day
30$4,500$1,830you save $2,670day
31$4,650$1,980you save $2,670day
32$4,800$2,130you save $2,670day
33$4,950$2,233you save $2,717week
34$5,100$2,233you save $2,867week
35$5,250$2,233you save $3,017week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 15 days
$1,530
Rental protection (RPP)
$229.50
Service fee
$153
Estimated total
$1,912.50

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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.