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Acquisition of Gordon Trucking, Inc. Allocation of Purchase Price (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Cash Acquired from Acquisition $ (20,000,000)us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition  
Cash paid (before netting $20 million cash acquired) 115,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross  
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Acquisitions 2,860,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions  
Earn Out Agreement 13,600,000htld_Businesscombinationcontingentconsiderationfairvalue 13,600,000htld_Businesscombinationcontingentconsiderationfairvalue
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Gordon Trucking Company, Inc [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Cash paid (before netting $20 million cash acquired) 130,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Value of common stock issued (2.86 million shares) 41,100,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueAcquisitions
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Total fair value of consideration transferred (before netting $20 million cash acquired), excluding debt assumed 172,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
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Historical book value of GTI assets and liabilities 92,125,000us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionNetNonmonetaryAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumed1
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Property, Plant, and Equipment (17,912,000)us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentFairValueDisclosure
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Other assets 3,450,000us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfAssetsAcquired1
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Liabilities (18,576,000)us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionValueOfLiabilitiesAssumed1
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Fair value of tangible net assets acquired 59,087,000us-gaap_FairValueOfAssetsAcquired
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Identifiable intangibles at acquisition-date fair value 19,042,000us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Amount of Contingent Consideration, Liability $ 93,871,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationArrangementsChangeInAmountOfContingentConsiderationLiability1
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= htld_GordonTruckingCompanyIncMember