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.

Bobcat

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Jay Rod · Brush Mower

Day
$340
Week
$980
28 days
$2,450

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $1,020. On the week rate it is $980.

Weekly stops winning on

day 16

16 days at the day rate would be $5,440. On the 28-day rate it is $2,450.

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 Bobcat, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$340$340—day
2$680$680—day
3$1,020$980you save $40week
4$1,360$980you save $380week
5$1,700$980you save $720week
6$2,040$980you save $1,060week
7$2,380$980you save $1,400week
8$2,720$1,320you save $1,400week
9$3,060$1,660you save $1,400week
10$3,400$1,960you save $1,440week
11$3,740$1,960you save $1,780week
12$4,080$1,960you save $2,120week
13$4,420$1,960you save $2,460week
14$4,760$1,960you save $2,800week
15$5,100$2,300you save $2,800week
16$5,440$2,450you save $2,99028-day
17$5,780$2,450you save $3,33028-day
18$6,120$2,450you save $3,67028-day
19$6,460$2,450you save $4,01028-day
20$6,800$2,450you save $4,35028-day
21$7,140$2,450you save $4,69028-day
22$7,480$2,450you save $5,03028-day
23$7,820$2,450you save $5,37028-day
24$8,160$2,450you save $5,71028-day
25$8,500$2,450you save $6,05028-day
26$8,840$2,450you save $6,39028-day
27$9,180$2,450you save $6,73028-day
28$9,520$2,450you save $7,07028-day
29$9,860$2,790you save $7,070day
30$10,200$3,130you save $7,070day
31$10,540$3,430you save $7,110week
32$10,880$3,430you save $7,450week
33$11,220$3,430you save $7,790week
34$11,560$3,430you save $8,130week
35$11,900$3,430you save $8,470week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Our pricing service couldn’t be reached just now, so there’s no checkout figure to show. The rate table above is unaffected — it’s the operator’s published card.

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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.