When is it cheaper to rent a Skid Steer Loader by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $134 day rate would be $670, but the weekly rate caps it at $666.

When is it cheaper to rent a Skid Steer Loader on the 28-day rate?

From day 22. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,010 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 Loader

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D&D Rentals KC LLC · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $134
Week: $666
28 days: $2,010

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $670. On the week rate it is $666.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $2,948. On the 28-day rate it is $2,010.

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 Loader, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$134	$134	—	day
2	$268	$268	—	day
3	$402	$402	—	day
4	$536	$536	—	day
5	$670	$666	you save $4	week
6	$804	$666	you save $138	week
7	$938	$666	you save $272	week
8	$1,072	$800	you save $272	week
9	$1,206	$934	you save $272	week
10	$1,340	$1,068	you save $272	week
11	$1,474	$1,202	you save $272	week
12	$1,608	$1,332	you save $276	week
13	$1,742	$1,332	you save $410	week
14	$1,876	$1,332	you save $544	week
15	$2,010	$1,466	you save $544	week
16	$2,144	$1,600	you save $544	week
17	$2,278	$1,734	you save $544	week
18	$2,412	$1,868	you save $544	week
19	$2,546	$1,998	you save $548	week
20	$2,680	$1,998	you save $682	week
21	$2,814	$1,998	you save $816	week
22	$2,948	$2,010	you save $938	28-day
23	$3,082	$2,010	you save $1,072	28-day
24	$3,216	$2,010	you save $1,206	28-day
25	$3,350	$2,010	you save $1,340	28-day
26	$3,484	$2,010	you save $1,474	28-day
27	$3,618	$2,010	you save $1,608	28-day
28	$3,752	$2,010	you save $1,742	28-day
29	$3,886	$2,144	you save $1,742	day
30	$4,020	$2,278	you save $1,742	day
31	$4,154	$2,412	you save $1,742	day
32	$4,288	$2,546	you save $1,742	day
33	$4,422	$2,676	you save $1,746	week
34	$4,556	$2,676	you save $1,880	week
35	$4,690	$2,676	you save $2,014	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: $2,010
Rental protection (RPP): $301.50
Service fee: $201
Estimated total: $2,512.50

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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.