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

From day 4. 4 days at the $265 day rate would be $1,060, but the weekly rate caps it at $795.

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

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,385 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.

Ride On Skid Steer

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Katie Larsen · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $265
Week: $795
28 days: $2,385

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,060. On the week rate it is $795.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $4,505. On the 28-day rate it is $2,385.

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 Ride On Skid Steer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$265	$265	—	day
2	$530	$530	—	day
3	$795	$795	—	day
4	$1,060	$795	you save $265	week
5	$1,325	$795	you save $530	week
6	$1,590	$795	you save $795	week
7	$1,855	$795	you save $1,060	week
8	$2,120	$1,060	you save $1,060	week
9	$2,385	$1,325	you save $1,060	week
10	$2,650	$1,590	you save $1,060	week
11	$2,915	$1,590	you save $1,325	week
12	$3,180	$1,590	you save $1,590	week
13	$3,445	$1,590	you save $1,855	week
14	$3,710	$1,590	you save $2,120	week
15	$3,975	$1,855	you save $2,120	week
16	$4,240	$2,120	you save $2,120	week
17	$4,505	$2,385	you save $2,120	28-day
18	$4,770	$2,385	you save $2,385	28-day
19	$5,035	$2,385	you save $2,650	28-day
20	$5,300	$2,385	you save $2,915	28-day
21	$5,565	$2,385	you save $3,180	28-day
22	$5,830	$2,385	you save $3,445	28-day
23	$6,095	$2,385	you save $3,710	28-day
24	$6,360	$2,385	you save $3,975	28-day
25	$6,625	$2,385	you save $4,240	28-day
26	$6,890	$2,385	you save $4,505	28-day
27	$7,155	$2,385	you save $4,770	28-day
28	$7,420	$2,385	you save $5,035	28-day
29	$7,685	$2,650	you save $5,035	day
30	$7,950	$2,915	you save $5,035	day
31	$8,215	$3,180	you save $5,035	day
32	$8,480	$3,180	you save $5,300	week
33	$8,745	$3,180	you save $5,565	week
34	$9,010	$3,180	you save $5,830	week
35	$9,275	$3,180	you save $6,095	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 · 17 days: $2,385
Rental protection (RPP): $357.75
Service fee: $238.50
Estimated total: $2,981.25

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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.