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

From day 3. 3 days at the $275 day rate would be $825, but the weekly rate caps it at $800.

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

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $2,400 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.

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Michael Poissonnier · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $275
Week: $800
28 days: $2,400

Daily stops winning on

day 3

3 days at the day rate would be $825. On the week rate it is $800.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $4,675. On the 28-day rate it is $2,400.

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 skidsteer, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$275	$275	—	day
2	$550	$550	—	day
3	$825	$800	you save $25	week
4	$1,100	$800	you save $300	week
5	$1,375	$800	you save $575	week
6	$1,650	$800	you save $850	week
7	$1,925	$800	you save $1,125	week
8	$2,200	$1,075	you save $1,125	week
9	$2,475	$1,350	you save $1,125	week
10	$2,750	$1,600	you save $1,150	week
11	$3,025	$1,600	you save $1,425	week
12	$3,300	$1,600	you save $1,700	week
13	$3,575	$1,600	you save $1,975	week
14	$3,850	$1,600	you save $2,250	week
15	$4,125	$1,875	you save $2,250	week
16	$4,400	$2,150	you save $2,250	week
17	$4,675	$2,400	you save $2,275	28-day
18	$4,950	$2,400	you save $2,550	28-day
19	$5,225	$2,400	you save $2,825	28-day
20	$5,500	$2,400	you save $3,100	28-day
21	$5,775	$2,400	you save $3,375	28-day
22	$6,050	$2,400	you save $3,650	28-day
23	$6,325	$2,400	you save $3,925	28-day
24	$6,600	$2,400	you save $4,200	28-day
25	$6,875	$2,400	you save $4,475	28-day
26	$7,150	$2,400	you save $4,750	28-day
27	$7,425	$2,400	you save $5,025	28-day
28	$7,700	$2,400	you save $5,300	28-day
29	$7,975	$2,675	you save $5,300	day
30	$8,250	$2,950	you save $5,300	day
31	$8,525	$3,200	you save $5,325	week
32	$8,800	$3,200	you save $5,600	week
33	$9,075	$3,200	you save $5,875	week
34	$9,350	$3,200	you save $6,150	week
35	$9,625	$3,200	you save $6,425	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: $2,400
Rental protection (RPP): $360
Service fee: $240
Estimated total: $3,000

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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.