Acquisitions & Disposals - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, employee in Thousands, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	19 Months Ended
	Feb. 10, 2025 USD ($) employee country $ / shares	Jun. 01, 2023 USD ($)	May 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Feb. 05, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired						$ 0	$ 108,145
Goodwill				$ 700,550		700,550		$ 700,550	$ 700,550		$ 710,334
Impairment of operating lease						3,268	0
Kito Crosby
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Revenues								1,100,000
Subsequent Event | Kito Crosby
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of employees | employee	4
Number of countries in which entity operates | country	50
Subsequent Event | CD&R | Columbus McKinnon | Forecast
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interest	40.00%
Charlotte Manufacturing Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed asset and inventory related impairment costs				3,567		3,567
Impairment of operating lease						3,268
Severance costs				0		1,093
February 2025 Restructuring | Subsequent Event | Other Restructuring
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, expected										$ 1,000
February 2025 Restructuring | Subsequent Event | Minimum | Facility Closing
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, expected										1,500
February 2025 Restructuring | Subsequent Event | Minimum | Employee Severance
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, expected										700
February 2025 Restructuring | Subsequent Event | Maximum | Facility Closing
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, expected										2,500
February 2025 Restructuring | Subsequent Event | Maximum | Employee Severance
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs, expected										$ 1,000
Cost of Sales | Charlotte Manufacturing Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring cost				7,855		7,855
Selling Expense | Charlotte Manufacturing Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring cost				22		22
General and Administrative Expense | Charlotte Manufacturing Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring cost				51		51
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from (repayments of) debt			$ 117,000						120,000
Term Loan B
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument increase in face amount		$ 75,000
AR Securitization
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term debt				$ 35,000		35,000		$ 35,000	$ 35,000		$ 45,000
JP Morgan Debt Agreement | Subsequent Event | Loans Payable
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 2,600,000
Perpetual Convertible Voting Preferred Equity Instrument | Subsequent Event | Convertible Debt
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 800,000
Debt instrument, interest rate	7.00%
Conversion price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 37.68
Montratec
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired			115,721
Cash acquired from acquisition			7,576
Payments for (proceeds from) previous acquisition			540
Contingent liability			6,680
Payment for contingent consideration						$ 6,711
Acquisition costs, period cost					$ 113		$ 3,208
Goodwill			$ 66,566
Weighted-average amortization periods (in years)			14 years
Business acquisition, goodwill, expected tax deductible amount			$ 7,531
Montratec | Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired			33,470
Montratec | Trademark
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired			2,915
Montratec | Patents
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangible assets acquired			$ 16,196
Kito Crosby | Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, expected price of acquisition	$ 2,700,000