When is it cheaper to rent a 2017 Bobcat S650 Skidsteer by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $295 day rate would be $1,180, but the weekly rate caps it at $975.

When is it cheaper to rent a 2017 Bobcat S650 Skidsteer on the 28-day rate?

From day 11. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,950 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.

2017 Bobcat S650 Skidsteer

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Nicholas Prozinski · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $295
Week: $975
28 days: $1,950

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,180. On the week rate it is $975.

Weekly stops winning on

day 11

11 days at the day rate would be $3,245. On the 28-day rate it is $1,950.

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 2017 Bobcat S650 Skidsteer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$295	$295	—	day
2	$590	$590	—	day
3	$885	$885	—	day
4	$1,180	$975	you save $205	week
5	$1,475	$975	you save $500	week
6	$1,770	$975	you save $795	week
7	$2,065	$975	you save $1,090	week
8	$2,360	$1,270	you save $1,090	week
9	$2,655	$1,565	you save $1,090	week
10	$2,950	$1,860	you save $1,090	week
11	$3,245	$1,950	you save $1,295	28-day
12	$3,540	$1,950	you save $1,590	28-day
13	$3,835	$1,950	you save $1,885	28-day
14	$4,130	$1,950	you save $2,180	28-day
15	$4,425	$1,950	you save $2,475	28-day
16	$4,720	$1,950	you save $2,770	28-day
17	$5,015	$1,950	you save $3,065	28-day
18	$5,310	$1,950	you save $3,360	28-day
19	$5,605	$1,950	you save $3,655	28-day
20	$5,900	$1,950	you save $3,950	28-day
21	$6,195	$1,950	you save $4,245	28-day
22	$6,490	$1,950	you save $4,540	28-day
23	$6,785	$1,950	you save $4,835	28-day
24	$7,080	$1,950	you save $5,130	28-day
25	$7,375	$1,950	you save $5,425	28-day
26	$7,670	$1,950	you save $5,720	28-day
27	$7,965	$1,950	you save $6,015	28-day
28	$8,260	$1,950	you save $6,310	28-day
29	$8,555	$2,245	you save $6,310	day
30	$8,850	$2,540	you save $6,310	day
31	$9,145	$2,835	you save $6,310	day
32	$9,440	$2,925	you save $6,515	week
33	$9,735	$2,925	you save $6,810	week
34	$10,030	$2,925	you save $7,105	week
35	$10,325	$2,925	you save $7,400	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 · 11 days: $1,950
Rental protection (RPP): $292.50
Service fee: $195
Estimated total: $2,437.50

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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.