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 Mini Track Loader

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Matthew Graber · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day
$200
Week
$798
28 days
$2,220

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $800. On the week rate it is $798.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $3,600. On the 28-day rate it is $2,220.

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 Mini Track Loader, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$200$200—day
2$400$400—day
3$600$600—day
4$800$798you save $2week
5$1,000$798you save $202week
6$1,200$798you save $402week
7$1,400$798you save $602week
8$1,600$998you save $602week
9$1,800$1,198you save $602week
10$2,000$1,398you save $602week
11$2,200$1,596you save $604week
12$2,400$1,596you save $804week
13$2,600$1,596you save $1,004week
14$2,800$1,596you save $1,204week
15$3,000$1,796you save $1,204week
16$3,200$1,996you save $1,204week
17$3,400$2,196you save $1,204week
18$3,600$2,220you save $1,38028-day
19$3,800$2,220you save $1,58028-day
20$4,000$2,220you save $1,78028-day
21$4,200$2,220you save $1,98028-day
22$4,400$2,220you save $2,18028-day
23$4,600$2,220you save $2,38028-day
24$4,800$2,220you save $2,58028-day
25$5,000$2,220you save $2,78028-day
26$5,200$2,220you save $2,98028-day
27$5,400$2,220you save $3,18028-day
28$5,600$2,220you save $3,38028-day
29$5,800$2,420you save $3,380day
30$6,000$2,620you save $3,380day
31$6,200$2,820you save $3,380day
32$6,400$3,018you save $3,382week
33$6,600$3,018you save $3,582week
34$6,800$3,018you save $3,782week
35$7,000$3,018you save $3,982week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 18 days
$2,220
Rental protection (RPP)
$333
Service fee
$222
Estimated total
$2,775

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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.