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

From day 4. 4 days at the $515 day rate would be $2,060, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,993.34.

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

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $5,980 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.

Mini Excavator

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Billy Bostick · Excavators - Mini

Day: $515
Week: $1,993.34
28 days: $5,980

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $2,060. On the week rate it is $1,993.34.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $9,270. On the 28-day rate it is $5,980.

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 Mini Excavator, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$515	$515	—	day
2	$1,030	$1,030	—	day
3	$1,545	$1,545	—	day
4	$2,060	$1,993.34	you save $66.66	week
5	$2,575	$1,993.34	you save $581.66	week
6	$3,090	$1,993.34	you save $1,096.66	week
7	$3,605	$1,993.34	you save $1,611.66	week
8	$4,120	$2,508.34	you save $1,611.66	week
9	$4,635	$3,023.34	you save $1,611.66	week
10	$5,150	$3,538.34	you save $1,611.66	week
11	$5,665	$3,986.68	you save $1,678.32	week
12	$6,180	$3,986.68	you save $2,193.32	week
13	$6,695	$3,986.68	you save $2,708.32	week
14	$7,210	$3,986.68	you save $3,223.32	week
15	$7,725	$4,501.68	you save $3,223.32	week
16	$8,240	$5,016.68	you save $3,223.32	week
17	$8,755	$5,531.68	you save $3,223.32	week
18	$9,270	$5,980	you save $3,290	28-day
19	$9,785	$5,980	you save $3,805	28-day
20	$10,300	$5,980	you save $4,320	28-day
21	$10,815	$5,980	you save $4,835	28-day
22	$11,330	$5,980	you save $5,350	28-day
23	$11,845	$5,980	you save $5,865	28-day
24	$12,360	$5,980	you save $6,380	28-day
25	$12,875	$5,980	you save $6,895	28-day
26	$13,390	$5,980	you save $7,410	28-day
27	$13,905	$5,980	you save $7,925	28-day
28	$14,420	$5,980	you save $8,440	28-day
29	$14,935	$6,495	you save $8,440	day
30	$15,450	$7,010	you save $8,440	day
31	$15,965	$7,525	you save $8,440	day
32	$16,480	$7,973.34	you save $8,506.66	week
33	$16,995	$7,973.34	you save $9,021.66	week
34	$17,510	$7,973.34	you save $9,536.66	week
35	$18,025	$7,973.34	you save $10,051.66	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: $5,980
Rental protection (RPP): $897
Service fee: $598
Estimated total: $7,475

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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.