LITIGATION AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantee Terms Maximum	5 years
Fair value of all guarantees recorded in other current liabilities	$ 4.0	$ 4.0
Credit Guarantee
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantees, maximum exposure	41.3	42.3
Credit Guarantee \| Cranes \| Terex Cranes Germany GmbH
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantees, maximum exposure	13.7	16.3
Residual Value Guarantee Member [Domain]
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantees, maximum exposure	7.9	7.1
Buyback Guarantee
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantees, maximum exposure	$ 0.3	3.5
Materials Handling and Port Solutions Sale \| Credit Guarantee
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantees, maximum exposure		2.0
Materials Handling and Port Solutions Sale \| Buyback Guarantee
Loss Contingencies and Guarantee Obligations
Guarantees, maximum exposure		$ 3.2

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- Definition

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (b)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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