CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2011
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	$ 523	$ 434
Sales of rental equipment	76	32
Sales of new equipment	18	15
Contractor supplies sales	18	21
Service and other revenues	21	21
Total revenues	656	523
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	246	233
Depreciation of rental equipment	115	99
Cost of rental equipment sales	47	18
Cost of new equipment sales	15	12
Cost of contractor supplies sales	12	14
Cost of service and other revenues	8	9
Total cost of revenues	443	385
Gross profit	213	138
Selling, general and administrative expenses	102	95
RSC merger related costs	10	0
Restructuring charge	0	1
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	14	12
Operating income	87	30
Interest expense, net	68	56
Interest expense-subordinated convertible debentures	1	2
Other income, net	(1)	(1)
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes	19	(27)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	6	(7)
Net income (loss)	$ 13	$ (20)
Basic earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.21	$ (0.34)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.17	$ (0.34)