When is it cheaper to rent a bobcat UA 56 with 84inch blower by the week than by the day?

From day 4. 4 days at the $281 day rate would be $1,124, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,121.

When is it cheaper to rent a bobcat UA 56 with 84inch blower on the 28-day rate?

From day 18. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $3,358 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 UA 56 with 84inch blower

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sean ward · Snow Blowers

Day: $281
Week: $1,121
28 days: $3,358

Daily stops winning on

day 4

4 days at the day rate would be $1,124. On the week rate it is $1,121.

Weekly stops winning on

day 18

18 days at the day rate would be $5,058. On the 28-day rate it is $3,358.

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 UA 56 with 84inch blower, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$281	$281	—	day
2	$562	$562	—	day
3	$843	$843	—	day
4	$1,124	$1,121	you save $3	week
5	$1,405	$1,121	you save $284	week
6	$1,686	$1,121	you save $565	week
7	$1,967	$1,121	you save $846	week
8	$2,248	$1,402	you save $846	week
9	$2,529	$1,683	you save $846	week
10	$2,810	$1,964	you save $846	week
11	$3,091	$2,242	you save $849	week
12	$3,372	$2,242	you save $1,130	week
13	$3,653	$2,242	you save $1,411	week
14	$3,934	$2,242	you save $1,692	week
15	$4,215	$2,523	you save $1,692	week
16	$4,496	$2,804	you save $1,692	week
17	$4,777	$3,085	you save $1,692	week
18	$5,058	$3,358	you save $1,700	28-day
19	$5,339	$3,358	you save $1,981	28-day
20	$5,620	$3,358	you save $2,262	28-day
21	$5,901	$3,358	you save $2,543	28-day
22	$6,182	$3,358	you save $2,824	28-day
23	$6,463	$3,358	you save $3,105	28-day
24	$6,744	$3,358	you save $3,386	28-day
25	$7,025	$3,358	you save $3,667	28-day
26	$7,306	$3,358	you save $3,948	28-day
27	$7,587	$3,358	you save $4,229	28-day
28	$7,868	$3,358	you save $4,510	28-day
29	$8,149	$3,639	you save $4,510	day
30	$8,430	$3,920	you save $4,510	day
31	$8,711	$4,201	you save $4,510	day
32	$8,992	$4,479	you save $4,513	week
33	$9,273	$4,479	you save $4,794	week
34	$9,554	$4,479	you save $5,075	week
35	$9,835	$4,479	you save $5,356	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: $3,358
Rental protection (RPP): $503.70
Service fee: $335.80
Estimated total: $4,197.50

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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.