When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Track Loader by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $1,150 day rate would be $6,900, but the weekly rate caps it at $6,038.

When is it cheaper to rent a Compact Track Loader on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $16,560 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 Track Loader

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eqiper · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $1,150
Week: $6,038
28 days: $16,560

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $6,900. On the week rate it is $6,038.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $20,700. On the 28-day rate it is $16,560.

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 Track Loader, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$1,150	$1,150	—	day
2	$2,300	$2,300	—	day
3	$3,450	$3,450	—	day
4	$4,600	$4,600	—	day
5	$5,750	$5,750	—	day
6	$6,900	$6,038	you save $862	week
7	$8,050	$6,038	you save $2,012	week
8	$9,200	$7,188	you save $2,012	week
9	$10,350	$8,338	you save $2,012	week
10	$11,500	$9,488	you save $2,012	week
11	$12,650	$10,638	you save $2,012	week
12	$13,800	$11,788	you save $2,012	week
13	$14,950	$12,076	you save $2,874	week
14	$16,100	$12,076	you save $4,024	week
15	$17,250	$13,226	you save $4,024	week
16	$18,400	$14,376	you save $4,024	week
17	$19,550	$15,526	you save $4,024	week
18	$20,700	$16,560	you save $4,140	28-day
19	$21,850	$16,560	you save $5,290	28-day
20	$23,000	$16,560	you save $6,440	28-day
21	$24,150	$16,560	you save $7,590	28-day
22	$25,300	$16,560	you save $8,740	28-day
23	$26,450	$16,560	you save $9,890	28-day
24	$27,600	$16,560	you save $11,040	28-day
25	$28,750	$16,560	you save $12,190	28-day
26	$29,900	$16,560	you save $13,340	28-day
27	$31,050	$16,560	you save $14,490	28-day
28	$32,200	$16,560	you save $15,640	28-day
29	$33,350	$17,710	you save $15,640	day
30	$34,500	$18,860	you save $15,640	day
31	$35,650	$20,010	you save $15,640	day
32	$36,800	$21,160	you save $15,640	day
33	$37,950	$22,310	you save $15,640	day
34	$39,100	$22,598	you save $16,502	week
35	$40,250	$22,598	you save $17,652	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: $16,560
Rental protection (RPP): $2,484
Service fee: $1,656
Estimated total: $20,700

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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.