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.

Skid Steer Loader

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Pedro Mora · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day
$220
Week
$924
28 days
$2,970

Daily stops winning on

day 5

5 days at the day rate would be $1,100. On the week rate it is $924.

Weekly stops winning on

day 22

22 days at the day rate would be $4,840. On the 28-day rate it is $2,970.

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 Skid Steer Loader, days 1 to 35
DaysAt the day rateOn the ladderDifferenceRate in play
1$220$220—day
2$440$440—day
3$660$660—day
4$880$880—day
5$1,100$924you save $176week
6$1,320$924you save $396week
7$1,540$924you save $616week
8$1,760$1,144you save $616week
9$1,980$1,364you save $616week
10$2,200$1,584you save $616week
11$2,420$1,804you save $616week
12$2,640$1,848you save $792week
13$2,860$1,848you save $1,012week
14$3,080$1,848you save $1,232week
15$3,300$2,068you save $1,232week
16$3,520$2,288you save $1,232week
17$3,740$2,508you save $1,232week
18$3,960$2,728you save $1,232week
19$4,180$2,772you save $1,408week
20$4,400$2,772you save $1,628week
21$4,620$2,772you save $1,848week
22$4,840$2,970you save $1,87028-day
23$5,060$2,970you save $2,09028-day
24$5,280$2,970you save $2,31028-day
25$5,500$2,970you save $2,53028-day
26$5,720$2,970you save $2,75028-day
27$5,940$2,970you save $2,97028-day
28$6,160$2,970you save $3,19028-day
29$6,380$3,190you save $3,190day
30$6,600$3,410you save $3,190day
31$6,820$3,630you save $3,190day
32$7,040$3,850you save $3,190day
33$7,260$3,894you save $3,366week
34$7,480$3,894you save $3,586week
35$7,700$3,894you save $3,806week

Rental rates only. Protection and the marketplace service fee are added on top — see the checkout figure below.

What checkout will quote you

Rental · 22 days
$2,970
Rental protection (RPP)
$445.50
Service fee
$297
Estimated total
$3,712.50

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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.