EXHIBIT 23(b)

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement on Form S-4 and related Prospectus of United Rentals
(North America), Inc. for the registration of $250,000,000 of 9% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2009, Series B, and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated February 17, 1999, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of United Rentals (North America), Inc. included in its
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1998; our report dated
January 23, 1998 with respect to the financial statements of Mission Valley
Rentals, Inc. included in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated
February 4, 1998; and our report dated June 24, 1998, with respect to the
financial statements of Power Rental Co., Inc. included in the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K/A dated July 21, 1998 and in the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated December 24, 1998, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



MetroPark, New Jersey
June 2, 1999