Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Revenues:
Equipment rentals	$ 604	$ 507	$ 1,562	$ 1,337
Sales of rental equipment	42	32	115	104
Sales of new equipment	24	19	60	59
Contractor supplies sales	23	24	66	73
Service and other revenues	20	23	62	67
Total revenues	713	605	1,865	1,640
Cost of revenues:
Cost of equipment rentals, excluding depreciation	261	237	740	668
Depreciation of rental equipment	110	98	312	289
Cost of rental equipment sales	27	22	73	74
Cost of new equipment sales	19	15	48	49
Cost of contractor supplies sales	15	16	45	51
Cost of service and other revenues	7	8	24	26
Total cost of revenues	439	396	1,242	1,157
Gross profit	274	209	623	483
Selling, general and administrative expenses	103	95	298	271
Restructuring charge	2	7	5	19
Non-rental depreciation and amortization	13	14	39	43
Operating income	156	93	281	150
Interest expense, net	57	55	170	170
Interest expense-subordinated convertible debentures	1	2	5	6
Other expense (income), net	2	(2)	(2)	(3)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision (benefit) for income taxes	96	38	108	(23)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	31	15	35	(18)
Income (loss) from continuing operations	65	23	73	(5)
Loss from discontinued operation, net of taxes			(1)
Net income (loss)	$ 65	$ 23	$ 72	$ (5)
Basic earnings (loss) per share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ 1.04	$ 0.37	$ 1.18	$ (0.09)
Loss from discontinued operation			$ (0.01)
Net income (loss)	$ 1.04	$ 0.37	$ 1.17	$ (0.09)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share:
Income (loss) from continuing operations	$ 0.91	$ 0.33	$ 1.00	$ (0.09)
Loss from discontinued operation			$ (0.01)
Net income (loss)	$ 0.91	$ 0.33	$ 0.99	$ (0.09)