EXHIBIT 23.2


                                 September 12, 2002

                     INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT AND CONSENT

The Board of Directors
H&E Equipment Services L.L.C.

       The audit referred to in our report on the consolidated financial
statements of H&E Equipment Services L.L.C. (the "Company", formerly Gulf
Wide Industries, L.L.C.) dated February 20, 2001, included the related
financial statement schedule as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for the
years then ended, is included in the registration statement. This financial
statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on this financial statement schedule
based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when
considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken
as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set
forth therein.

       We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.

                                                Yours truly,

                                    Hawthorn, Waymouth & Carroll, L.L.P.