When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota skid steer by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $275 day rate would be $1,375, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,250.

When is it cheaper to rent a Kubota skid steer on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,500 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.

Kubota skid steer

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Bradley Simmons · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $275
Week: $1,250
28 days: $3,500

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,375. On the week rate it is $1,250.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $4,950. On the 28-day rate it is $3,500.

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 Kubota skid steer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$275	$275	—	day
2	$550	$550	—	day
3	$825	$825	—	day
4	$1,100	$1,100	—	day
5	$1,375	$1,250	you save $125	week
6	$1,650	$1,250	you save $400	week
7	$1,925	$1,250	you save $675	week
8	$2,200	$1,525	you save $675	week
9	$2,475	$1,800	you save $675	week
10	$2,750	$2,075	you save $675	week
11	$3,025	$2,350	you save $675	week
12	$3,300	$2,500	you save $800	week
13	$3,575	$2,500	you save $1,075	week
14	$3,850	$2,500	you save $1,350	week
15	$4,125	$2,775	you save $1,350	week
16	$4,400	$3,050	you save $1,350	week
17	$4,675	$3,325	you save $1,350	week
18	$4,950	$3,500	you save $1,450	28-day
19	$5,225	$3,500	you save $1,725	28-day
20	$5,500	$3,500	you save $2,000	28-day
21	$5,775	$3,500	you save $2,275	28-day
22	$6,050	$3,500	you save $2,550	28-day
23	$6,325	$3,500	you save $2,825	28-day
24	$6,600	$3,500	you save $3,100	28-day
25	$6,875	$3,500	you save $3,375	28-day
26	$7,150	$3,500	you save $3,650	28-day
27	$7,425	$3,500	you save $3,925	28-day
28	$7,700	$3,500	you save $4,200	28-day
29	$7,975	$3,775	you save $4,200	day
30	$8,250	$4,050	you save $4,200	day
31	$8,525	$4,325	you save $4,200	day
32	$8,800	$4,600	you save $4,200	day
33	$9,075	$4,750	you save $4,325	week
34	$9,350	$4,750	you save $4,600	week
35	$9,625	$4,750	you save $4,875	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 · 18 days: $3,500
Rental protection (RPP): $525
Service fee: $350
Estimated total: $4,375

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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.