When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat T770 Compact Track Loader by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $300 day rate would be $1,500, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,302.

When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat T770 Compact Track Loader on the 28-day rate?

From day 19. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,870 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.

Bobcat T770 Compact Track Loader

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Matthew Graber · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $300
Week: $1,302
28 days: $3,870

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,500. On the week rate it is $1,302.

Weekly stops winning on

day 19

19 days at the day rate would be $5,700. On the 28-day rate it is $3,870.

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 Bobcat T770 Compact Track Loader, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$300	$300	—	day
2	$600	$600	—	day
3	$900	$900	—	day
4	$1,200	$1,200	—	day
5	$1,500	$1,302	you save $198	week
6	$1,800	$1,302	you save $498	week
7	$2,100	$1,302	you save $798	week
8	$2,400	$1,602	you save $798	week
9	$2,700	$1,902	you save $798	week
10	$3,000	$2,202	you save $798	week
11	$3,300	$2,502	you save $798	week
12	$3,600	$2,604	you save $996	week
13	$3,900	$2,604	you save $1,296	week
14	$4,200	$2,604	you save $1,596	week
15	$4,500	$2,904	you save $1,596	week
16	$4,800	$3,204	you save $1,596	week
17	$5,100	$3,504	you save $1,596	week
18	$5,400	$3,804	you save $1,596	week
19	$5,700	$3,870	you save $1,830	28-day
20	$6,000	$3,870	you save $2,130	28-day
21	$6,300	$3,870	you save $2,430	28-day
22	$6,600	$3,870	you save $2,730	28-day
23	$6,900	$3,870	you save $3,030	28-day
24	$7,200	$3,870	you save $3,330	28-day
25	$7,500	$3,870	you save $3,630	28-day
26	$7,800	$3,870	you save $3,930	28-day
27	$8,100	$3,870	you save $4,230	28-day
28	$8,400	$3,870	you save $4,530	28-day
29	$8,700	$4,170	you save $4,530	day
30	$9,000	$4,470	you save $4,530	day
31	$9,300	$4,770	you save $4,530	day
32	$9,600	$5,070	you save $4,530	day
33	$9,900	$5,172	you save $4,728	week
34	$10,200	$5,172	you save $5,028	week
35	$10,500	$5,172	you save $5,328	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 · 19 days: $3,870
Rental protection (RPP): $580.50
Service fee: $387
Estimated total: $4,837.50

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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.