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

From day 3. 3 days at the $235 day rate would be $705, but the weekly rate caps it at $695.

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

From day 16. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,785 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

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ezhen lehetsky · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $235
Week: $695
28 days: $1,785

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $705. On the week rate it is $695.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $3,760. On the 28-day rate it is $1,785.

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, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$235	$235	—	day
2	$470	$470	—	day
3	$705	$695	you save $10	week
4	$940	$695	you save $245	week
5	$1,175	$695	you save $480	week
6	$1,410	$695	you save $715	week
7	$1,645	$695	you save $950	week
8	$1,880	$930	you save $950	week
9	$2,115	$1,165	you save $950	week
10	$2,350	$1,390	you save $960	week
11	$2,585	$1,390	you save $1,195	week
12	$2,820	$1,390	you save $1,430	week
13	$3,055	$1,390	you save $1,665	week
14	$3,290	$1,390	you save $1,900	week
15	$3,525	$1,625	you save $1,900	week
16	$3,760	$1,785	you save $1,975	28-day
17	$3,995	$1,785	you save $2,210	28-day
18	$4,230	$1,785	you save $2,445	28-day
19	$4,465	$1,785	you save $2,680	28-day
20	$4,700	$1,785	you save $2,915	28-day
21	$4,935	$1,785	you save $3,150	28-day
22	$5,170	$1,785	you save $3,385	28-day
23	$5,405	$1,785	you save $3,620	28-day
24	$5,640	$1,785	you save $3,855	28-day
25	$5,875	$1,785	you save $4,090	28-day
26	$6,110	$1,785	you save $4,325	28-day
27	$6,345	$1,785	you save $4,560	28-day
28	$6,580	$1,785	you save $4,795	28-day
29	$6,815	$2,020	you save $4,795	day
30	$7,050	$2,255	you save $4,795	day
31	$7,285	$2,480	you save $4,805	week
32	$7,520	$2,480	you save $5,040	week
33	$7,755	$2,480	you save $5,275	week
34	$7,990	$2,480	you save $5,510	week
35	$8,225	$2,480	you save $5,745	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: $1,785
Rental protection (RPP): $267.75
Service fee: $178.50
Estimated total: $2,231.25

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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.