When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat Rental by the week than by the day?

From day 6. 6 days at the $295 day rate would be $1,770, but the weekly rate caps it at $1,475.

When is it cheaper to rent a Bobcat Rental on the 28-day rate?

From day 26. At that point the week-and-day composition reaches the $5,900 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 Rental

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Al Diallo · Loaders - Skid Steers

Day: $295
Week: $1,475
28 days: $5,900

Daily stops winning on

day 6

6 days at the day rate would be $1,770. On the week rate it is $1,475.

Weekly stops winning on

day 26

26 days at the day rate would be $7,670. On the 28-day rate it is $5,900.

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 Rental, days 1 to 35
Days	At the day rate	On the ladder	Difference	Rate in play
1	$295	$295	—	day
2	$590	$590	—	day
3	$885	$885	—	day
4	$1,180	$1,180	—	day
5	$1,475	$1,475	—	day
6	$1,770	$1,475	you save $295	week
7	$2,065	$1,475	you save $590	week
8	$2,360	$1,770	you save $590	week
9	$2,655	$2,065	you save $590	week
10	$2,950	$2,360	you save $590	week
11	$3,245	$2,655	you save $590	week
12	$3,540	$2,950	you save $590	week
13	$3,835	$2,950	you save $885	week
14	$4,130	$2,950	you save $1,180	week
15	$4,425	$3,245	you save $1,180	week
16	$4,720	$3,540	you save $1,180	week
17	$5,015	$3,835	you save $1,180	week
18	$5,310	$4,130	you save $1,180	week
19	$5,605	$4,425	you save $1,180	week
20	$5,900	$4,425	you save $1,475	week
21	$6,195	$4,425	you save $1,770	week
22	$6,490	$4,720	you save $1,770	week
23	$6,785	$5,015	you save $1,770	week
24	$7,080	$5,310	you save $1,770	week
25	$7,375	$5,605	you save $1,770	week
26	$7,670	$5,900	you save $1,770	28-day
27	$7,965	$5,900	you save $2,065	28-day
28	$8,260	$5,900	you save $2,360	28-day
29	$8,555	$6,195	you save $2,360	day
30	$8,850	$6,490	you save $2,360	day
31	$9,145	$6,785	you save $2,360	day
32	$9,440	$7,080	you save $2,360	day
33	$9,735	$7,375	you save $2,360	day
34	$10,030	$7,375	you save $2,655	week
35	$10,325	$7,375	you save $2,950	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 · 26 days: $5,900
Rental protection (RPP): $885
Service fee: $590
Estimated total: $7,375

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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.