Equipment Rental News

2006-01-03

United Rentals Opens Trench Safety Branch in Coachella, California

GREENWICH, Conn. - January 3, 2006 - United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) today
announced the opening of its newest trench safety rental branch in
Coachella, Calif. The 36,855 sq. ft. facility at 85220 Avenue 50 will
provide customers with underground construction equipment rentals, sales and
service and a comprehensive line of contractor supplies.

"Development in the Coachella Valley is being driven by state and federal
economic incentives," said Chuck Leiker, branch manager for United Rentals.
"There is a lot of undeveloped land available for new construction. Our
branch is ideally located to serve customers in one of the fastest growing
regions in Southern California."

The new location will rent the latest technologies in steel and aluminum
trench shields, aluminum trench shores, steel sheet pile with modular
walling systems, steel crossing plates and custom slide rail systems, as
well as a range of confined space ventilators, detectors and other
equipment. United Rentals also offers delivery service, 24-hour emergency
response service and professional safety training for customers.

About United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world,
with an integrated network of more than 740 rental locations in 48 states,
10 Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company's 13,500 employees serve
construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners
and others. The company offers for rent over 600 different types of
equipment with a total original cost of $3.96 billion. United Rentals is a
member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index®
and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United
Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.

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Contacts:
Chuck Wessendorf
VP, Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
United Rentals, Inc.
(203) 618-7318
cwessendorf@ur.com

Nicole Salas
Manager, Corporate Communications
United Rentals, Inc
(203) 618-7246
nsalas@ur.com