When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat T62 Skid Loader by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $430 day rate would be $2,150, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,836.

When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat T62 Skid Loader on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $4,773 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.

Bobcat T62 Skid Loader

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2Quip Corp - DBA RME & 2QUIP.AI · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $430
Week: $1,836
28 days: $4,773

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $2,150. On the week rate it is $1,836.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $7,310. On the 28-day rate it is $4,773.

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 Bobcat T62 Skid Loader, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$430	$430	—	day
2	$860	$860	—	day
3	$1,290	$1,290	—	day
4	$1,720	$1,720	—	day
5	$2,150	$1,836	you save $314	week
6	$2,580	$1,836	you save $744	week
7	$3,010	$1,836	you save $1,174	week
8	$3,440	$2,266	you save $1,174	week
9	$3,870	$2,696	you save $1,174	week
10	$4,300	$3,126	you save $1,174	week
11	$4,730	$3,556	you save $1,174	week
12	$5,160	$3,672	you save $1,488	week
13	$5,590	$3,672	you save $1,918	week
14	$6,020	$3,672	you save $2,348	week
15	$6,450	$4,102	you save $2,348	week
16	$6,880	$4,532	you save $2,348	week
17	$7,310	$4,773	you save $2,537	28-day
18	$7,740	$4,773	you save $2,967	28-day
19	$8,170	$4,773	you save $3,397	28-day
20	$8,600	$4,773	you save $3,827	28-day
21	$9,030	$4,773	you save $4,257	28-day
22	$9,460	$4,773	you save $4,687	28-day
23	$9,890	$4,773	you save $5,117	28-day
24	$10,320	$4,773	you save $5,547	28-day
25	$10,750	$4,773	you save $5,977	28-day
26	$11,180	$4,773	you save $6,407	28-day
27	$11,610	$4,773	you save $6,837	28-day
28	$12,040	$4,773	you save $7,267	28-day
29	$12,470	$5,203	you save $7,267	day
30	$12,900	$5,633	you save $7,267	day
31	$13,330	$6,063	you save $7,267	day
32	$13,760	$6,493	you save $7,267	day
33	$14,190	$6,609	you save $7,581	week
34	$14,620	$6,609	you save $8,011	week
35	$15,050	$6,609	you save $8,441	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 · 17 days: $4,773
Rental protection (RPP): $715.95
Estimated total: $5,488.95

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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.