When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota Skid Steer Track Machine by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $325 day rate would be $1,300, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,150.

When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota Skid Steer Track Machine on the 28-day rate?

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,875 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.

Kubota Skid Steer Track Machine

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Michael Bruner · Loaders - Compact Track

Day: $325
Week: $1,150
28 days: $2,875

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,300. On the week rate it is $1,150.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $5,200. On the 28-day rate it is $2,875.

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 Skid Steer Track Machine, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$325	$325	—	day
2	$650	$650	—	day
3	$975	$975	—	day
4	$1,300	$1,150	you save $150	week
5	$1,625	$1,150	you save $475	week
6	$1,950	$1,150	you save $800	week
7	$2,275	$1,150	you save $1,125	week
8	$2,600	$1,475	you save $1,125	week
9	$2,925	$1,800	you save $1,125	week
10	$3,250	$2,125	you save $1,125	week
11	$3,575	$2,300	you save $1,275	week
12	$3,900	$2,300	you save $1,600	week
13	$4,225	$2,300	you save $1,925	week
14	$4,550	$2,300	you save $2,250	week
15	$4,875	$2,625	you save $2,250	week
16	$5,200	$2,875	you save $2,325	28-day
17	$5,525	$2,875	you save $2,650	28-day
18	$5,850	$2,875	you save $2,975	28-day
19	$6,175	$2,875	you save $3,300	28-day
20	$6,500	$2,875	you save $3,625	28-day
21	$6,825	$2,875	you save $3,950	28-day
22	$7,150	$2,875	you save $4,275	28-day
23	$7,475	$2,875	you save $4,600	28-day
24	$7,800	$2,875	you save $4,925	28-day
25	$8,125	$2,875	you save $5,250	28-day
26	$8,450	$2,875	you save $5,575	28-day
27	$8,775	$2,875	you save $5,900	28-day
28	$9,100	$2,875	you save $6,225	28-day
29	$9,425	$3,200	you save $6,225	day
30	$9,750	$3,525	you save $6,225	day
31	$10,075	$3,850	you save $6,225	day
32	$10,400	$4,025	you save $6,375	week
33	$10,725	$4,025	you save $6,700	week
34	$11,050	$4,025	you save $7,025	week
35	$11,375	$4,025	you save $7,350	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 · 16 days: $2,875
Rental protection (RPP): $431.25
Service fee: $287.50
Estimated total: $3,593.75

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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.