Acquisitions & Disposals - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			22 Months Ended
	Feb. 10, 2025 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 01, 2023 USD ($)	May 31, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2025 USD ($) employee country	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) factory	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, net of cash acquired						$ 0	$ 108,145	$ 1,616
Payment to former owners of montratec (see Note 3)						6,711	0	0
Total debt					$ 458,708	458,708	517,299		$ 458,708
Goodwill					$ 710,807	710,807	710,334	644,629	710,807
Impairment of operating lease						3,911	0	$ 0
Number of factories relocated | factory					1
Charlotte Manufacturing Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed asset impairment						3,567
Impairment of operating lease						3,268
Severance costs						1,093
Charlotte Manufacturing Operations | Cost of Sales [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs and asset impairment charges						7,855
Charlotte Manufacturing Operations | Selling and Marketing Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs and asset impairment charges						22
Charlotte Manufacturing Operations | General and Administrative Expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs and asset impairment charges						51
Precision Conveyance
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Fixed asset impairment						2,115
Impairment of operating lease						643
Severance costs						1,069
Restructuring reserve					$ 544	544			544
Precision Conveyance | Cost of Sales [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs and asset impairment charges						3,534
Precision Conveyance | Selling and Marketing Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs and asset impairment charges						213
Precision Conveyance | General and Administrative Expense
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Restructuring costs and asset impairment charges						624
Line of Credit | Revolving Credit Facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 500,000
Clayton, Dubliner & Rice | Columbus McKinnon
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership interest percent	43.00%
Kito Crosby
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of employees | employee				4,000
Number of countries entity operates | country				50
Revenues							1,100,000
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from (repayments of) debt			$ 117,000						120,000
Term Loan B
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, increase (decrease), other, net		$ 75,000
AR Securitization
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Total debt			45,000		$ 25,000	25,000	45,000		$ 25,000
JP Morgan Debt Agreement | Loans Payable
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 3,050,000
Perpetual Convertible Voting Preferred Equity Instrument | Convertible Debt
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount	$ 800,000
Stated interest rate percentage	7.00%
Debt instrument, 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
Working capital settlement			540
Contingent liability			6,680
Acquisition costs, period cost							$ 3,211
Goodwill			$ 66,566
Estimated useful life			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
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Expected price of acquisition				$ 2,700,000
Business combination, acquisition related costs						$ 10,310