When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat S70 Skid Steer Loader by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $200 day rate would be $800, but the weekly rate caps it at $770.

When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat S70 Skid Steer Loader on the 28-day rate?

From day 17. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $1,980 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.

Bobcat S70 Skid Steer Loader

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Ryan Oehring · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $200
Week: $770
28 days: $1,980

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $800. On the week rate it is $770.

Weekly stops winning on

day 17

17 days at the day rate would be $3,400. On the 28-day rate it is $1,980.

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 Bobcat S70 Skid Steer Loader, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$200	$200	—	day
2	$400	$400	—	day
3	$600	$600	—	day
4	$800	$770	you save $30	week
5	$1,000	$770	you save $230	week
6	$1,200	$770	you save $430	week
7	$1,400	$770	you save $630	week
8	$1,600	$970	you save $630	week
9	$1,800	$1,170	you save $630	week
10	$2,000	$1,370	you save $630	week
11	$2,200	$1,540	you save $660	week
12	$2,400	$1,540	you save $860	week
13	$2,600	$1,540	you save $1,060	week
14	$2,800	$1,540	you save $1,260	week
15	$3,000	$1,740	you save $1,260	week
16	$3,200	$1,940	you save $1,260	week
17	$3,400	$1,980	you save $1,420	28-day
18	$3,600	$1,980	you save $1,620	28-day
19	$3,800	$1,980	you save $1,820	28-day
20	$4,000	$1,980	you save $2,020	28-day
21	$4,200	$1,980	you save $2,220	28-day
22	$4,400	$1,980	you save $2,420	28-day
23	$4,600	$1,980	you save $2,620	28-day
24	$4,800	$1,980	you save $2,820	28-day
25	$5,000	$1,980	you save $3,020	28-day
26	$5,200	$1,980	you save $3,220	28-day
27	$5,400	$1,980	you save $3,420	28-day
28	$5,600	$1,980	you save $3,620	28-day
29	$5,800	$2,180	you save $3,620	day
30	$6,000	$2,380	you save $3,620	day
31	$6,200	$2,580	you save $3,620	day
32	$6,400	$2,750	you save $3,650	week
33	$6,600	$2,750	you save $3,850	week
34	$6,800	$2,750	you save $4,050	week
35	$7,000	$2,750	you save $4,250	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: $1,980
Rental protection (RPP): $297
Service fee: $198
Estimated total: $2,475

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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.