When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Excavator with Enclosed Cab and Attachments on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $5,000 28-day rate, and the price stops climbing for the rest of the cycle.

Break-even duration

Q: When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Excavator with Enclosed Cab and Attachments by the week than by the day?

From day 5. 5 days at the $450 day rate would be $2,250, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,800.

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 with Enclosed Cab and Attachments

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Sean Schaffer · Excavators - Mini

Day: $450
Week: $1,800
28 days: $5,000

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $2,250. On the week rate it is $1,800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $8,100. On the 28-day rate it is $5,000.

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 with Enclosed Cab and Attachments, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$450	$450	—	day
2	$900	$900	—	day
3	$1,350	$1,350	—	day
4	$1,800	$1,800	—	day
5	$2,250	$1,800	you save $450	week
6	$2,700	$1,800	you save $900	week
7	$3,150	$1,800	you save $1,350	week
8	$3,600	$2,250	you save $1,350	week
9	$4,050	$2,700	you save $1,350	week
10	$4,500	$3,150	you save $1,350	week
11	$4,950	$3,600	you save $1,350	week
12	$5,400	$3,600	you save $1,800	week
13	$5,850	$3,600	you save $2,250	week
14	$6,300	$3,600	you save $2,700	week
15	$6,750	$4,050	you save $2,700	week
16	$7,200	$4,500	you save $2,700	week
17	$7,650	$4,950	you save $2,700	week
18	$8,100	$5,000	you save $3,100	28-day
19	$8,550	$5,000	you save $3,550	28-day
20	$9,000	$5,000	you save $4,000	28-day
21	$9,450	$5,000	you save $4,450	28-day
22	$9,900	$5,000	you save $4,900	28-day
23	$10,350	$5,000	you save $5,350	28-day
24	$10,800	$5,000	you save $5,800	28-day
25	$11,250	$5,000	you save $6,250	28-day
26	$11,700	$5,000	you save $6,700	28-day
27	$12,150	$5,000	you save $7,150	28-day
28	$12,600	$5,000	you save $7,600	28-day
29	$13,050	$5,450	you save $7,600	day
30	$13,500	$5,900	you save $7,600	day
31	$13,950	$6,350	you save $7,600	day
32	$14,400	$6,800	you save $7,600	day
33	$14,850	$6,800	you save $8,050	week
34	$15,300	$6,800	you save $8,500	week
35	$15,750	$6,800	you save $8,950	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: $5,000
Rental protection (RPP): $750
Service fee: $500
Estimated total: $6,250

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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.