Exhibit
31.1 CERTIFICATION  I, Stephen A. Snider, certify that:  1.             I
have reviewed this transition report on Form 10-K of Universal Compression
Holdings, Inc. (the registrant);  2.             Based
on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  3.             Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this report;  4.             The
registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
registrant and have:  a)designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being
prepared;  b)designed such internal control over financial reporting,
or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;  c)evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and  d)disclosed in this report any change in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting; and  5.             The registrants other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of
registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
functions):  a)all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses
in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and  b)any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants
internal control over financial reporting.   Date:   March
  3, 2006
  /s/ Stephen A. SniderName:
  Stephen A. SniderTitle:
  Chief Executive Officer