When is it cheaper to rent a Skid steer auger by the week than by the day?

From day 7. 7 days at the $75 day rate would be $525, but the weekly rate caps it at $500.

When is it cheaper to rent a Skid steer auger on the 28-day rate?

From day 25. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,750 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.

Skid steer auger

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Elijah Niemiec · Loaders - Skid Steers - Attachments

Day: $75
Week: $500
28 days: $1,750

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $525. On the week rate it is $500.

Weekly stops winning on

day 25

25 days at the day rate would be $1,875. On the 28-day rate it is $1,750.

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 Skid steer auger, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$75	$75	—	day
2	$150	$150	—	day
3	$225	$225	—	day
4	$300	$300	—	day
5	$375	$375	—	day
6	$450	$450	—	day
7	$525	$500	you save $25	week
8	$600	$575	you save $25	week
9	$675	$650	you save $25	week
10	$750	$725	you save $25	week
11	$825	$800	you save $25	week
12	$900	$875	you save $25	week
13	$975	$950	you save $25	week
14	$1,050	$1,000	you save $50	week
15	$1,125	$1,075	you save $50	week
16	$1,200	$1,150	you save $50	week
17	$1,275	$1,225	you save $50	week
18	$1,350	$1,300	you save $50	week
19	$1,425	$1,375	you save $50	week
20	$1,500	$1,450	you save $50	week
21	$1,575	$1,500	you save $75	week
22	$1,650	$1,575	you save $75	week
23	$1,725	$1,650	you save $75	week
24	$1,800	$1,725	you save $75	week
25	$1,875	$1,750	you save $125	28-day
26	$1,950	$1,750	you save $200	28-day
27	$2,025	$1,750	you save $275	28-day
28	$2,100	$1,750	you save $350	28-day
29	$2,175	$1,825	you save $350	day
30	$2,250	$1,900	you save $350	day
31	$2,325	$1,975	you save $350	day
32	$2,400	$2,050	you save $350	day
33	$2,475	$2,125	you save $350	day
34	$2,550	$2,200	you save $350	day
35	$2,625	$2,250	you save $375	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 · 25 days: $1,750
Rental protection (RPP): $262.50
Service fee: $175
Estimated total: $2,187.50

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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.