UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION    --------------------------------
FORM 4                                                        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549                           OMB APPROVAL

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                                  Section 17(a) of the Public Utility                              ---------------------------------
                  Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act
                                                      of 1940

(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of       2. Issuer Name and Ticker                                          6.Relationship of Reporting
   Reporting Person*            or Trading Symbol                                                 Person(s) to Issuer

APOLLO ADVISORS IV, L.P.        UNITED RENTAL, INC. (URI)                                           (Check all applicable)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------              [ ] Director      [X] 10% Owner
(Last)   (First)   (Middle)  3. I.R.S. or Identification     4. Statement for
                                Number of Reporting             Month/Day/Year                [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (specify
                                                                                                    title below)           below)
                              Person, if an entity (Voluntary)
TWO MANHATTANVILLE ROAD                                         04/08/2003                      ---------------------
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         (Street)                                            5. If Amendment, Date of Original  7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
                                                                (Month/Day/Year)                   (CHECK APPLICABLE LINE)

PURCHASE   NY       10577                                                                       [X] Form filed by One Reporting
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(City)    (State)     (Zip)
                                                                                                [ ] Form filed by More than One
                                                                                                    Reporting Person
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                                          TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1.  Title of Security    2. Trans-   2A.      3. Transaction  4. Securities Acquired    5. Amount of    6. Ownership   7. Nature of
    (Instr. 3)              action   Deemed      Code            (A) or Disposed of (D)    Securities      Form: Direct   Indirect
                            Date     Execution   (Instr. 8)      (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)       Beneficially    (D) or         Beneficial
                            (Month/  Date, if    ----------------------------------------  Owned                          Ownership
COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE     Day/     any                                                   Following        Indirect (I)
$0.01 PER SHARE             Year)    (Month/                              (A)              Reported
                                     Day/                                 or               Transaction(s)   (Instr. 4)    (Instr. 4)
                                     Year)       Code    V      Amount    (D)     Price    (Instr. 3 and 4)
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COMMON STOCK             04/08/03                  P            254,400   (A)     $9.75
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COMMON STOCK             04/08/03                  P            1,000     (A)     $9.73
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COMMON STOCK             04/08/03                  P            200       (A)     $9.68
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COMMON STOCK             04/08/03                  P            7,000     (A)     $9.67
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COMMON STOCK             04/08/03                  P            300       (A)     $9.66
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COMMON STOCK             04/09/03                  P            85,800    (A)     $9.75
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COMMON STOCK             04/09/03                  P            1,000     (A)     $9.70
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COMMON STOCK             04/09/03                  P            2,000     (A)     $9.67
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COMMON STOCK                                                                                1,794,500(1)       (I)    SEE FOOTNOTE 1
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1 Amount reported includes 1,703,156 shares of Common Stock owned by Apollo
Investment Fund IV, L.P. ("AIF IV") and 91,344 of Common Stock owned by Apollo
Overseas Partners IV, L.P. ("Overseas IV"). The Reporting Person is the general
partner of AIF IV and the managing general partner of Overseas IV. Apollo
Capital Management IV, Inc. ("Capital Management") is the general partner of
Advisors IV. Apollo Management IV, L.P. ("Management IV") is the Manager of AIF
IV and Overseas IV. AIF IV Management, Inc. ("AIF IV Management") is the general
partner of Management IV. Leon D. Black and John J. Hannan are the directors and
principal executive officers of Capital Management and AIF IV Management. The
Reporting Person, Capital Management, Management IV, AIF IV Management and
Messrs. Black and Hannan and their respective affiliates disclaim beneficial
ownership of all shares of the Issuer in excess of their respective pecuniary
interests, if any, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that any
such person or entity is the beneficial owner of, or has any pecuniary interest
in, any such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose.

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FORM 4 (CONTINUED)                                TABLE II-- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                                                          (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)

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1. Title of  2. Conver- 3. Trans- 3A.     4. Trans- 5. Number  6. Date     7. Title and  8. Price of  9. Num- 10. Owner- 11. Nature
Derivative   sion or    action    Deemed  action    of Deriva- Exercisable  Amount of    Derivative   ber of  ship       of Indirect
Security     Exercise   Date      Execu-  Code      tive Sec-  and Expira-  Underlying   Security     deriv-  Form       Beneficial
             Price of   (Month/   tion    (Instr.   urities    tion Date    Securities                ative   of Deriv-  Ownership
(Instr. 3)   Deriva-    Day/      Date,   8)        Acquired   (Month/Day/               (Instr. 5)   Secur-  ative      (Instr. 4)
             tive       Year)     if any            (A) or     Year)        (Instr. 3                 ities   Security
             Security             (Month/           Disposed                and 4)                    Bene-   Direct
                                  Day/              of (D)                                            ficially (D) or
                                  Year)                                                               Owned    Indi-
                                                    (Instr. 3,                                        Follow- rect (I)
                                                    4, and 5)                                         ing     (Instr. 4)
                                                                                                      Report-
                                                                                                      ed Trans-
                                                                                                      action(s)

                                                               --------------------------------       (Instr. 4)
                                                               Date     Expira-  Title  Amount
                                         --------------------- Exer-    tion            or Number
                                         Code  V   (A)    (D)  cisable  Date            of Shares
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Explanation of Responses:



                                                                                             /s/ Michael D. Weiner     April 9, 2003
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.   ---------------------    --------------
   SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).                                                 **Signature of Reporting      Date
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