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<TYPE>EX-12.2
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<DESCRIPTION>HANOVER EQUIPMENT TRUST A - RATIO COMPUTATION
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                                                                    Exhibit 12.2


                          Hanover Equipment Trust 2001A
                Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
                  (Amounts in thousands of dollars) (unaudited)

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                                                   For the Three        For the period from
                                                   Months Ended      August 2, 2001(inception)
                                                   March 31, 2002       to December 31, 2001
                                                   --------------    -------------------------
<S>                                                <C>                <C>
Earnings:
Net income (pretax)                                   $  226                $  335

Add:
Interest on rental equipment                           6,893                 8,642
                                                      ------                ------
   Earnings                                            7,119                 8,977
                                                      ------                ------


Fixed charges: Interest on rental equipment            6,893                 8,642
                                                      ------                ------
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                      1.03                  1.04
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