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

From day 4. 4 days at the $935 day rate would be $3,740, but the weekly rate caps it at $3,510.

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

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $10,575 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 Excavator

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Michael Howard · Excavators - Crawler

Day: $935
Week: $3,510
28 days: $10,575

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $3,740. On the week rate it is $3,510.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $20,570. On the 28-day rate it is $10,575.

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 Excavator, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$935	$935	—	day
2	$1,870	$1,870	—	day
3	$2,805	$2,805	—	day
4	$3,740	$3,510	you save $230	week
5	$4,675	$3,510	you save $1,165	week
6	$5,610	$3,510	you save $2,100	week
7	$6,545	$3,510	you save $3,035	week
8	$7,480	$4,445	you save $3,035	week
9	$8,415	$5,380	you save $3,035	week
10	$9,350	$6,315	you save $3,035	week
11	$10,285	$7,020	you save $3,265	week
12	$11,220	$7,020	you save $4,200	week
13	$12,155	$7,020	you save $5,135	week
14	$13,090	$7,020	you save $6,070	week
15	$14,025	$7,955	you save $6,070	week
16	$14,960	$8,890	you save $6,070	week
17	$15,895	$9,825	you save $6,070	week
18	$16,830	$10,530	you save $6,300	week
19	$17,765	$10,530	you save $7,235	week
20	$18,700	$10,530	you save $8,170	week
21	$19,635	$10,530	you save $9,105	week
22	$20,570	$10,575	you save $9,995	28-day
23	$21,505	$10,575	you save $10,930	28-day
24	$22,440	$10,575	you save $11,865	28-day
25	$23,375	$10,575	you save $12,800	28-day
26	$24,310	$10,575	you save $13,735	28-day
27	$25,245	$10,575	you save $14,670	28-day
28	$26,180	$10,575	you save $15,605	28-day
29	$27,115	$11,510	you save $15,605	day
30	$28,050	$12,445	you save $15,605	day
31	$28,985	$13,380	you save $15,605	day
32	$29,920	$14,085	you save $15,835	week
33	$30,855	$14,085	you save $16,770	week
34	$31,790	$14,085	you save $17,705	week
35	$32,725	$14,085	you save $18,640	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 · 22 days: $10,575
Rental protection (RPP): $1,586.25
Service fee: $1,057.50
Estimated total: $13,218.75

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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.