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

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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 INVESTMENT 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            241,450    (A)     $9.75
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COMMON STOCK           04/08/03                   P            949        (A)     $9.73
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COMMON STOCK           04/08/03                   P            190        (A)     $9.68
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COMMON STOCK           04/08/03                   P            6,644      (A)     $9.67
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COMMON STOCK           04/08/03                   P            285        (A)     $9.66
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COMMON STOCK           04/09/03                   P            81,433     (A)     $9.75
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COMMON STOCK           04/09/03                   P            949        (A)     $9.70
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COMMON STOCK           04/09/03                   P            1,898      (A)     $9.67
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COMMON STOCK                                                                                1,703,156       (D)1
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                                                                                                                     SEC 1474(9-02)







1 Apollo Advisors IV, L.P. ("Advisors IV") is the general partner of the
Reporting Person. 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 the Reporting Person. 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 Management IV and
AIF IV Management. The Reporting Person, Advisors IV, 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.




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/   ion     (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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