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

From day 4. 4 days at the $495 day rate would be $1,980, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,800.

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

From day 10. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,800 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

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Carlos Sandoval · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $495
Week: $1,800
28 days: $2,800

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,980. On the week rate it is $1,800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 10

10 days at the day rate would be $4,950. On the 28-day rate it is $2,800.

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, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$495	$495	—	day
2	$990	$990	—	day
3	$1,485	$1,485	—	day
4	$1,980	$1,800	you save $180	week
5	$2,475	$1,800	you save $675	week
6	$2,970	$1,800	you save $1,170	week
7	$3,465	$1,800	you save $1,665	week
8	$3,960	$2,295	you save $1,665	week
9	$4,455	$2,790	you save $1,665	week
10	$4,950	$2,800	you save $2,150	28-day
11	$5,445	$2,800	you save $2,645	28-day
12	$5,940	$2,800	you save $3,140	28-day
13	$6,435	$2,800	you save $3,635	28-day
14	$6,930	$2,800	you save $4,130	28-day
15	$7,425	$2,800	you save $4,625	28-day
16	$7,920	$2,800	you save $5,120	28-day
17	$8,415	$2,800	you save $5,615	28-day
18	$8,910	$2,800	you save $6,110	28-day
19	$9,405	$2,800	you save $6,605	28-day
20	$9,900	$2,800	you save $7,100	28-day
21	$10,395	$2,800	you save $7,595	28-day
22	$10,890	$2,800	you save $8,090	28-day
23	$11,385	$2,800	you save $8,585	28-day
24	$11,880	$2,800	you save $9,080	28-day
25	$12,375	$2,800	you save $9,575	28-day
26	$12,870	$2,800	you save $10,070	28-day
27	$13,365	$2,800	you save $10,565	28-day
28	$13,860	$2,800	you save $11,060	28-day
29	$14,355	$3,295	you save $11,060	day
30	$14,850	$3,790	you save $11,060	day
31	$15,345	$4,285	you save $11,060	day
32	$15,840	$4,600	you save $11,240	week
33	$16,335	$4,600	you save $11,735	week
34	$16,830	$4,600	you save $12,230	week
35	$17,325	$4,600	you save $12,725	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 · 10 days: $2,800
Rental protection (RPP): $420
Service fee: $280
Estimated total: $3,500

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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.