When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere 317G Compact Track Loader - Skid Steer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $300 day rate would be $1,200, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,092.

When is it cheaper to rent a John Deere 317G Compact Track Loader - Skid Steer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,240 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 317G Compact Track Loader - Skid Steer

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BB Rental Equipment, LLC · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $300
Week: $1,092
28 days: $3,240

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,200. On the week rate it is $1,092.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $5,400. On the 28-day rate it is $3,240.

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 317G Compact Track Loader - Skid Steer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$300	$300	—	day
2	$600	$600	—	day
3	$900	$900	—	day
4	$1,200	$1,092	you save $108	week
5	$1,500	$1,092	you save $408	week
6	$1,800	$1,092	you save $708	week
7	$2,100	$1,092	you save $1,008	week
8	$2,400	$1,392	you save $1,008	week
9	$2,700	$1,692	you save $1,008	week
10	$3,000	$1,992	you save $1,008	week
11	$3,300	$2,184	you save $1,116	week
12	$3,600	$2,184	you save $1,416	week
13	$3,900	$2,184	you save $1,716	week
14	$4,200	$2,184	you save $2,016	week
15	$4,500	$2,484	you save $2,016	week
16	$4,800	$2,784	you save $2,016	week
17	$5,100	$3,084	you save $2,016	week
18	$5,400	$3,240	you save $2,160	28-day
19	$5,700	$3,240	you save $2,460	28-day
20	$6,000	$3,240	you save $2,760	28-day
21	$6,300	$3,240	you save $3,060	28-day
22	$6,600	$3,240	you save $3,360	28-day
23	$6,900	$3,240	you save $3,660	28-day
24	$7,200	$3,240	you save $3,960	28-day
25	$7,500	$3,240	you save $4,260	28-day
26	$7,800	$3,240	you save $4,560	28-day
27	$8,100	$3,240	you save $4,860	28-day
28	$8,400	$3,240	you save $5,160	28-day
29	$8,700	$3,540	you save $5,160	day
30	$9,000	$3,840	you save $5,160	day
31	$9,300	$4,140	you save $5,160	day
32	$9,600	$4,332	you save $5,268	week
33	$9,900	$4,332	you save $5,568	week
34	$10,200	$4,332	you save $5,868	week
35	$10,500	$4,332	you save $6,168	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 · 18 days: $3,240
Rental protection (RPP): $486
Service fee: $324
Estimated total: $4,050

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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.