When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere 50G by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $255 day rate would be $1,275, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,200.

When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere 50G on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $4,500 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 50G

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Steven Burcheci · Excavators - Mini

Day: $255
Week: $1,200
28 days: $4,500

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,275. On the week rate it is $1,200.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $6,375. On the 28-day rate it is $4,500.

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 50G, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$255	$255	—	day
2	$510	$510	—	day
3	$765	$765	—	day
4	$1,020	$1,020	—	day
5	$1,275	$1,200	you save $75	week
6	$1,530	$1,200	you save $330	week
7	$1,785	$1,200	you save $585	week
8	$2,040	$1,455	you save $585	week
9	$2,295	$1,710	you save $585	week
10	$2,550	$1,965	you save $585	week
11	$2,805	$2,220	you save $585	week
12	$3,060	$2,400	you save $660	week
13	$3,315	$2,400	you save $915	week
14	$3,570	$2,400	you save $1,170	week
15	$3,825	$2,655	you save $1,170	week
16	$4,080	$2,910	you save $1,170	week
17	$4,335	$3,165	you save $1,170	week
18	$4,590	$3,420	you save $1,170	week
19	$4,845	$3,600	you save $1,245	week
20	$5,100	$3,600	you save $1,500	week
21	$5,355	$3,600	you save $1,755	week
22	$5,610	$3,855	you save $1,755	week
23	$5,865	$4,110	you save $1,755	week
24	$6,120	$4,365	you save $1,755	week
25	$6,375	$4,500	you save $1,875	28-day
26	$6,630	$4,500	you save $2,130	28-day
27	$6,885	$4,500	you save $2,385	28-day
28	$7,140	$4,500	you save $2,640	28-day
29	$7,395	$4,755	you save $2,640	day
30	$7,650	$5,010	you save $2,640	day
31	$7,905	$5,265	you save $2,640	day
32	$8,160	$5,520	you save $2,640	day
33	$8,415	$5,700	you save $2,715	week
34	$8,670	$5,700	you save $2,970	week
35	$8,925	$5,700	you save $3,225	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 · 25 days: $4,500
Rental protection (RPP): $675
Service fee: $450
Estimated total: $5,625

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The numbers come from one operator’s published rates, so the tool needs to know whose.

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.