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

From day 4. 4 days at the $250 day rate would be $1,000, but the weekly rate caps it at $998.

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

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,000 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 Skidsteer Loader

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Matthew Graber · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $250
Week: $998
28 days: $3,000

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,000. On the week rate it is $998.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $5,500. On the 28-day rate it is $3,000.

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 Skidsteer Loader, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$250	$250	—	day
2	$500	$500	—	day
3	$750	$750	—	day
4	$1,000	$998	you save $2	week
5	$1,250	$998	you save $252	week
6	$1,500	$998	you save $502	week
7	$1,750	$998	you save $752	week
8	$2,000	$1,248	you save $752	week
9	$2,250	$1,498	you save $752	week
10	$2,500	$1,748	you save $752	week
11	$2,750	$1,996	you save $754	week
12	$3,000	$1,996	you save $1,004	week
13	$3,250	$1,996	you save $1,254	week
14	$3,500	$1,996	you save $1,504	week
15	$3,750	$2,246	you save $1,504	week
16	$4,000	$2,496	you save $1,504	week
17	$4,250	$2,746	you save $1,504	week
18	$4,500	$2,994	you save $1,506	week
19	$4,750	$2,994	you save $1,756	week
20	$5,000	$2,994	you save $2,006	week
21	$5,250	$2,994	you save $2,256	week
22	$5,500	$3,000	you save $2,500	28-day
23	$5,750	$3,000	you save $2,750	28-day
24	$6,000	$3,000	you save $3,000	28-day
25	$6,250	$3,000	you save $3,250	28-day
26	$6,500	$3,000	you save $3,500	28-day
27	$6,750	$3,000	you save $3,750	28-day
28	$7,000	$3,000	you save $4,000	28-day
29	$7,250	$3,250	you save $4,000	day
30	$7,500	$3,500	you save $4,000	day
31	$7,750	$3,750	you save $4,000	day
32	$8,000	$3,998	you save $4,002	week
33	$8,250	$3,998	you save $4,252	week
34	$8,500	$3,998	you save $4,502	week
35	$8,750	$3,998	you save $4,752	week

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

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.