United Rentals, Inc. is an equipment rental company. The Company operates through two segments, which include General Rentals and Specialty. The General Rentals segment includes the rental of general construction and industrial equipment, such as backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as boom lifts and scissor lifts and general tools and light equipment, such as pressure washers, water pumps and power tools. The specialty segment rents products and provides setup and other services on such rented equipment, including trench safety equipment, such as trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers and line testing equipment for underground work; power and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, such as portable diesel generators, electrical distribution equipment, and temperature control equipment.