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

From day 5. 5 days at the $325 day rate would be $1,625, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,300.

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

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $4,000 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.

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Adam Averett · Loaders - Backhoes

Day: $325
Week: $1,300
28 days: $4,000

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,625. On the week rate it is $1,300.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $7,150. On the 28-day rate it is $4,000.

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 trackhoe, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$325	$325	—	day
2	$650	$650	—	day
3	$975	$975	—	day
4	$1,300	$1,300	—	day
5	$1,625	$1,300	you save $325	week
6	$1,950	$1,300	you save $650	week
7	$2,275	$1,300	you save $975	week
8	$2,600	$1,625	you save $975	week
9	$2,925	$1,950	you save $975	week
10	$3,250	$2,275	you save $975	week
11	$3,575	$2,600	you save $975	week
12	$3,900	$2,600	you save $1,300	week
13	$4,225	$2,600	you save $1,625	week
14	$4,550	$2,600	you save $1,950	week
15	$4,875	$2,925	you save $1,950	week
16	$5,200	$3,250	you save $1,950	week
17	$5,525	$3,575	you save $1,950	week
18	$5,850	$3,900	you save $1,950	week
19	$6,175	$3,900	you save $2,275	week
20	$6,500	$3,900	you save $2,600	week
21	$6,825	$3,900	you save $2,925	week
22	$7,150	$4,000	you save $3,150	28-day
23	$7,475	$4,000	you save $3,475	28-day
24	$7,800	$4,000	you save $3,800	28-day
25	$8,125	$4,000	you save $4,125	28-day
26	$8,450	$4,000	you save $4,450	28-day
27	$8,775	$4,000	you save $4,775	28-day
28	$9,100	$4,000	you save $5,100	28-day
29	$9,425	$4,325	you save $5,100	day
30	$9,750	$4,650	you save $5,100	day
31	$10,075	$4,975	you save $5,100	day
32	$10,400	$5,300	you save $5,100	day
33	$10,725	$5,300	you save $5,425	week
34	$11,050	$5,300	you save $5,750	week
35	$11,375	$5,300	you save $6,075	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 · 22 days: $4,000
Rental protection (RPP): $600
Service fee: $400
Estimated total: $5,000

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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.