When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Bobcat Excavator E35 by the week than by the day?

From day 3. 3 days at the $350 day rate would be $1,050, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,029.

When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Bobcat Excavator E35 on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,835 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.

Compact Bobcat Excavator E35

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PrimeRide Rentals LLC · Excavators - Mini

Day: $350
Week: $1,029
28 days: $2,835

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $1,050. On the week rate it is $1,029.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $5,950. On the 28-day rate it is $2,835.

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 Bobcat Excavator E35, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$350	$350	—	day
2	$700	$700	—	day
3	$1,050	$1,029	you save $21	week
4	$1,400	$1,029	you save $371	week
5	$1,750	$1,029	you save $721	week
6	$2,100	$1,029	you save $1,071	week
7	$2,450	$1,029	you save $1,421	week
8	$2,800	$1,379	you save $1,421	week
9	$3,150	$1,729	you save $1,421	week
10	$3,500	$2,058	you save $1,442	week
11	$3,850	$2,058	you save $1,792	week
12	$4,200	$2,058	you save $2,142	week
13	$4,550	$2,058	you save $2,492	week
14	$4,900	$2,058	you save $2,842	week
15	$5,250	$2,408	you save $2,842	week
16	$5,600	$2,758	you save $2,842	week
17	$5,950	$2,835	you save $3,115	28-day
18	$6,300	$2,835	you save $3,465	28-day
19	$6,650	$2,835	you save $3,815	28-day
20	$7,000	$2,835	you save $4,165	28-day
21	$7,350	$2,835	you save $4,515	28-day
22	$7,700	$2,835	you save $4,865	28-day
23	$8,050	$2,835	you save $5,215	28-day
24	$8,400	$2,835	you save $5,565	28-day
25	$8,750	$2,835	you save $5,915	28-day
26	$9,100	$2,835	you save $6,265	28-day
27	$9,450	$2,835	you save $6,615	28-day
28	$9,800	$2,835	you save $6,965	28-day
29	$10,150	$3,185	you save $6,965	day
30	$10,500	$3,535	you save $6,965	day
31	$10,850	$3,864	you save $6,986	week
32	$11,200	$3,864	you save $7,336	week
33	$11,550	$3,864	you save $7,686	week
34	$11,900	$3,864	you save $8,036	week
35	$12,250	$3,864	you save $8,386	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: $2,835
Rental protection (RPP): $425.25
Service fee: $283.50
Estimated total: $3,543.75

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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.