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Acquisitions - Intangibles (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Noncompete agreements    
Intangibles    
Amortization period 4 years  
Trynex | Customer Relationships    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived 8,820us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_TrynexIncMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
 
Amortization period 19 years 6 months  
Trynex | Patents    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived 1,320us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_TrynexIncMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
 
Amortization period 17 years  
Trynex | Trademark    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived 2,359us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_TrynexIncMember
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
 
Amortization period 25 years  
Trynex | Goodwill    
Intangibles    
Amortization period 15 years  
Henderson    
Intangibles    
Goodwill expected to be deductible 4,218us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
4,218us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
Amortization period   10 years 3 months 18 days
Henderson | Trademark    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, indefinite lived   3,600us-gaap_IndefinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
/ us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_TrademarksMember
Henderson | Customer Relationships    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived   8,300us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_CustomerRelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
Amortization period   15 years
Henderson | Patents    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived   3,200us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_PatentsMember
Amortization period   10 years
Henderson | Noncompete agreements    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived   2,090us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_NoncompeteAgreementsMember
Amortization period   4 years
Henderson | Backlog    
Intangibles    
Acquired intangible assets, finite lived   $ 200us-gaap_FinitelivedIntangibleAssetsAcquired1
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= plow_HendersonInc.Member
/ us-gaap_FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis
= us-gaap_OrderOrProductionBacklogMember
Amortization period   6 months