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 U35-4 Mini Excavator

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Justin Murray · Excavators - Mini

Day
$250
Week
$1,575
28 days
$3,750

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $1,750. On the week rate it is $1,575.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $4,250. On the 28-day rate it is $3,750.

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 U35-4 Mini Excavator, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$250$250—day
2$500$500—day
3$750$750—day
4$1,000$1,000—day
5$1,250$1,250—day
6$1,500$1,500—day
7$1,750$1,575you save $175week
8$2,000$1,825you save $175week
9$2,250$2,075you save $175week
10$2,500$2,325you save $175week
11$2,750$2,575you save $175week
12$3,000$2,825you save $175week
13$3,250$3,075you save $175week
14$3,500$3,150you save $350week
15$3,750$3,400you save $350week
16$4,000$3,650you save $350week
17$4,250$3,750you save $50028-day
18$4,500$3,750you save $75028-day
19$4,750$3,750you save $1,00028-day
20$5,000$3,750you save $1,25028-day
21$5,250$3,750you save $1,50028-day
22$5,500$3,750you save $1,75028-day
23$5,750$3,750you save $2,00028-day
24$6,000$3,750you save $2,25028-day
25$6,250$3,750you save $2,50028-day
26$6,500$3,750you save $2,75028-day
27$6,750$3,750you save $3,00028-day
28$7,000$3,750you save $3,25028-day
29$7,250$4,000you save $3,250day
30$7,500$4,250you save $3,250day
31$7,750$4,500you save $3,250day
32$8,000$4,750you save $3,250day
33$8,250$5,000you save $3,250day
34$8,500$5,250you save $3,250day
35$8,750$5,325you save $3,425week

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

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 17 days
$3,750
Rental protection (RPP)
$562.50
Service fee
$375
Estimated total
$4,687.50

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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.