When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Skid Steer by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $125 day rate would be $750, but the weekly rate caps it at $648.

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

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,512 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.

Compact Skid Steer

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Kyle Ward · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $125
Week: $648
28 days: $2,512

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $750. On the week rate it is $648.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $3,250. On the 28-day rate it is $2,512.

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 Compact Skid Steer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$125	$125	—	day
2	$250	$250	—	day
3	$375	$375	—	day
4	$500	$500	—	day
5	$625	$625	—	day
6	$750	$648	you save $102	week
7	$875	$648	you save $227	week
8	$1,000	$773	you save $227	week
9	$1,125	$898	you save $227	week
10	$1,250	$1,023	you save $227	week
11	$1,375	$1,148	you save $227	week
12	$1,500	$1,273	you save $227	week
13	$1,625	$1,296	you save $329	week
14	$1,750	$1,296	you save $454	week
15	$1,875	$1,421	you save $454	week
16	$2,000	$1,546	you save $454	week
17	$2,125	$1,671	you save $454	week
18	$2,250	$1,796	you save $454	week
19	$2,375	$1,921	you save $454	week
20	$2,500	$1,944	you save $556	week
21	$2,625	$1,944	you save $681	week
22	$2,750	$2,069	you save $681	week
23	$2,875	$2,194	you save $681	week
24	$3,000	$2,319	you save $681	week
25	$3,125	$2,444	you save $681	week
26	$3,250	$2,512	you save $738	28-day
27	$3,375	$2,512	you save $863	28-day
28	$3,500	$2,512	you save $988	28-day
29	$3,625	$2,637	you save $988	day
30	$3,750	$2,762	you save $988	day
31	$3,875	$2,887	you save $988	day
32	$4,000	$3,012	you save $988	day
33	$4,125	$3,137	you save $988	day
34	$4,250	$3,160	you save $1,090	week
35	$4,375	$3,160	you save $1,215	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.