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

From day 7. 7 days at the $170 day rate would be $1,190, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,020.

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

From day 23. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,400 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.

Compact Excavator

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Cedar Electric · Excavators - Mini

Day: $170
Week: $1,020
28 days: $3,400

Daily stops winning on

day 7

7 days at the day rate would be $1,190. On the week rate it is $1,020.

Weekly stops winning on

day 23

23 days at the day rate would be $3,910. On the 28-day rate it is $3,400.

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 Compact Excavator, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$170	$170	—	day
2	$340	$340	—	day
3	$510	$510	—	day
4	$680	$680	—	day
5	$850	$850	—	day
6	$1,020	$1,020	—	day
7	$1,190	$1,020	you save $170	week
8	$1,360	$1,190	you save $170	week
9	$1,530	$1,360	you save $170	week
10	$1,700	$1,530	you save $170	week
11	$1,870	$1,700	you save $170	week
12	$2,040	$1,870	you save $170	week
13	$2,210	$2,040	you save $170	week
14	$2,380	$2,040	you save $340	week
15	$2,550	$2,210	you save $340	week
16	$2,720	$2,380	you save $340	week
17	$2,890	$2,550	you save $340	week
18	$3,060	$2,720	you save $340	week
19	$3,230	$2,890	you save $340	week
20	$3,400	$3,060	you save $340	week
21	$3,570	$3,060	you save $510	week
22	$3,740	$3,230	you save $510	week
23	$3,910	$3,400	you save $510	28-day
24	$4,080	$3,400	you save $680	28-day
25	$4,250	$3,400	you save $850	28-day
26	$4,420	$3,400	you save $1,020	28-day
27	$4,590	$3,400	you save $1,190	28-day
28	$4,760	$3,400	you save $1,360	28-day
29	$4,930	$3,570	you save $1,360	day
30	$5,100	$3,740	you save $1,360	day
31	$5,270	$3,910	you save $1,360	day
32	$5,440	$4,080	you save $1,360	day
33	$5,610	$4,250	you save $1,360	day
34	$5,780	$4,420	you save $1,360	day
35	$5,950	$4,420	you save $1,530	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 · 23 days: $3,400
Rental protection (RPP): $510
Service fee: $340
Estimated total: $4,250

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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.