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Capital Expenditures Including Adjustment To Accruals And Payables

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The number of major customers of a company.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all assets that are recognized. Assets are probable future economic benefits obtained or controlled by an entity as a result of past transactions or events.

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The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

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Aggregate revenue less cost of goods and services sold or operating expenses directly attributable to the revenue generation activity.

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Number of operating segments. An operating segment is a component of an enterprise: (a) that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses (including revenues and expenses relating to transactions with other components of the same enterprise), (b) whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the enterprise's chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess its performance, and (c) for which discrete financial information is available. An operating segment may engage in business activities for which it has yet to earn revenues, for example, start-up operations may be operating segments before earning revenues.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues.

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The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

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The aggregate total costs related to selling a firm's product and services, as well as all other general and administrative expenses. Direct selling expenses (for example, credit, warranty, and advertising) are expenses that can be directly linked to the sale of specific products. Indirect selling expenses are expenses that cannot be directly linked to the sale of specific products, for example telephone expenses, Internet, and postal charges. General and administrative expenses include salaries of non-sales personnel, rent, utilities, communication, etc.

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Segments (Details) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended								9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Segments (Details) $ in Thousands	Jul. 15, 2016 segment	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 segment	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) segment customer	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of operating segments \| segment	2									1	2
Number of reportable segments \| segment										1	2
Number of customers \| customer											0
Net sales		$ 151,825	$ 124,832	$ 163,446	$ 83,964	$ 137,969	$ 125,339	$ 139,371	$ 72,248		$ 524,067	$ 474,927	$ 416,268
Gross profit (loss)		44,094	$ 34,920	$ 55,849	$ 20,027	44,811	$ 36,055	$ 45,033	$ 17,187		154,890	143,086	133,974
Selling, general and administrative expense											69,958	60,877	53,570
Income (loss) from operations											73,460	70,808	69,808
Adjusted EBITDA											96,443	90,927	91,447
Depreciation and amortization expense											19,085	18,584	16,742
Assets		676,193				685,176					676,193	685,176	666,173
Capital Expenditures											9,690	7,563	9,830
Capital Expenditures including adjustments to accruals and payables											9,848	8,380
Work Truck Attachments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales											379,636
Work Truck Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales											154,064
Corporate & Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales											(9,633)	(13,407)	(9,414)
Adjusted EBITDA											(12,033)	(13,515)	(13,372)
Depreciation and amortization expense											103	143	197
Assets		36,498				39,817					36,498	39,817	22,425
Operating segment \| Work Truck Attachments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales											379,636	350,564	360,638
Adjusted EBITDA											95,766	90,287	96,565
Depreciation and amortization expense											12,668	12,437	12,281
Assets		427,563				425,148					427,563	425,148	439,937
Capital Expenditures											7,814	6,408	8,752
Operating segment \| Work Truck Solutions
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales											154,064	137,770	65,044
Adjusted EBITDA											12,710	14,155	8,254
Depreciation and amortization expense											6,314	6,004	4,264
Assets		$ 212,132				$ 220,211					212,132	220,211	203,811
Capital Expenditures											$ 2,034	$ 1,972	$ 1,078