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

From day 5. 5 days at the $400 day rate would be $2,000, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,990.

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

From day 15. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,999 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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Jessy McKee · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $400
Week: $1,990
28 days: $3,999

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $2,000. On the week rate it is $1,990.

Weekly stops winning on

day 15

15 days at the day rate would be $6,000. On the 28-day rate it is $3,999.

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	$400	$400	—	day
2	$800	$800	—	day
3	$1,200	$1,200	—	day
4	$1,600	$1,600	—	day
5	$2,000	$1,990	you save $10	week
6	$2,400	$1,990	you save $410	week
7	$2,800	$1,990	you save $810	week
8	$3,200	$2,390	you save $810	week
9	$3,600	$2,790	you save $810	week
10	$4,000	$3,190	you save $810	week
11	$4,400	$3,590	you save $810	week
12	$4,800	$3,980	you save $820	week
13	$5,200	$3,980	you save $1,220	week
14	$5,600	$3,980	you save $1,620	week
15	$6,000	$3,999	you save $2,001	28-day
16	$6,400	$3,999	you save $2,401	28-day
17	$6,800	$3,999	you save $2,801	28-day
18	$7,200	$3,999	you save $3,201	28-day
19	$7,600	$3,999	you save $3,601	28-day
20	$8,000	$3,999	you save $4,001	28-day
21	$8,400	$3,999	you save $4,401	28-day
22	$8,800	$3,999	you save $4,801	28-day
23	$9,200	$3,999	you save $5,201	28-day
24	$9,600	$3,999	you save $5,601	28-day
25	$10,000	$3,999	you save $6,001	28-day
26	$10,400	$3,999	you save $6,401	28-day
27	$10,800	$3,999	you save $6,801	28-day
28	$11,200	$3,999	you save $7,201	28-day
29	$11,600	$4,399	you save $7,201	day
30	$12,000	$4,799	you save $7,201	day
31	$12,400	$5,199	you save $7,201	day
32	$12,800	$5,599	you save $7,201	day
33	$13,200	$5,989	you save $7,211	week
34	$13,600	$5,989	you save $7,611	week
35	$14,000	$5,989	you save $8,011	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 · 15 days: $3,999
Rental protection (RPP): $599.85
Service fee: $399.90
Estimated total: $4,998.75

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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.