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.

New Holland Backhoe Loader

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James Yaru · Loaders - Backhoes

Day
$495
Week
$2,460
28 days
$7,574

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $2,475. On the week rate it is $2,460.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $10,890. On the 28-day rate it is $7,574.

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 New Holland Backhoe Loader, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$495$495—day
2$990$990—day
3$1,485$1,485—day
4$1,980$1,980—day
5$2,475$2,460you save $15week
6$2,970$2,460you save $510week
7$3,465$2,460you save $1,005week
8$3,960$2,955you save $1,005week
9$4,455$3,450you save $1,005week
10$4,950$3,945you save $1,005week
11$5,445$4,440you save $1,005week
12$5,940$4,920you save $1,020week
13$6,435$4,920you save $1,515week
14$6,930$4,920you save $2,010week
15$7,425$5,415you save $2,010week
16$7,920$5,910you save $2,010week
17$8,415$6,405you save $2,010week
18$8,910$6,900you save $2,010week
19$9,405$7,380you save $2,025week
20$9,900$7,380you save $2,520week
21$10,395$7,380you save $3,015week
22$10,890$7,574you save $3,31628-day
23$11,385$7,574you save $3,81128-day
24$11,880$7,574you save $4,30628-day
25$12,375$7,574you save $4,80128-day
26$12,870$7,574you save $5,29628-day
27$13,365$7,574you save $5,79128-day
28$13,860$7,574you save $6,28628-day
29$14,355$8,069you save $6,286day
30$14,850$8,564you save $6,286day
31$15,345$9,059you save $6,286day
32$15,840$9,554you save $6,286day
33$16,335$10,034you save $6,301week
34$16,830$10,034you save $6,796week
35$17,325$10,034you save $7,291week

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
$7,574
Rental protection (RPP)
$1,136.10
Service fee
$757.40
Estimated total
$9,467.50

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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.