United Rentals Northwest S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

EXHIBIT 12(a)

UNITED RENTALS, INC.

STATEMENT OF COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

	Year Ended December 31
	1997		1998		1999		2000		2001	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2002
	(dollars in thousands)
Earnings:
Income before provision for income taxes and extraordinary items	$	34,917	$	78,297	$	241,807	$	301,496	$214,550	$163,014
Interest expense		11,847		64,157		139,828		228,779	221,563	146,206
Amortization of debt issuance costs		124		1,423		4,154		6,880	9,468	7,489
Interest portion of rent expense (1)		2,305		6,834		21,833		45,224	55,739	44,903
Earnings as adjusted	$	49,193	$	150,711	$	407,622	$	582,379	$501,320	$361,612
Fixed charges:
Interest expense	$	11,847	$	64,157	$	139,828	$	228,779	$221,563	$146,206
Amortization of debt issuance costs		124		1,423		4,154		6,880	9,468	7,489
Interest portion of rent expense(1)		2,305		6,834		21,833		45,224	55,739	44,903
Fixed charges	$	14,276	$	72,414	$	165,815	$	280,883	$286,770	$198,598
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges		3.4x		2.1x		2.5x		2.1x	1.7x	1.8x

⁽¹⁾    The interest portion of rent expense is estimated to be one-third of rent expense.