Industry Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of reporting information by segment

	2012			2011			2010
Net Sales
Material Handling	$	285,994		$	261,812		$	257,806
Lawn and Garden	205,814			217,140			223,809
Distribution	176,645			183,726			174,917
Engineered Products	141,658			116,243			104,763
Intra-segment elimination	(18,923		)	(23,267		)	(23,677		)
	$	791,188		$	755,654		$	737,618
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes
Material Handling	$	47,483		$	34,123		$	22,577
Lawn and Garden	2,905			4,226			(74,650		)
Distribution	14,838			15,736			15,154
Engineered Products	14,481			10,810			8,865
Corporate	(27,851		)	(26,486		)	(15,762		)
Interest expense-net	(4,515		)	(4,722		)	(7,205		)
	$	47,341		$	33,687		$	(51,021	)
Identifiable Assets
Material Handling	$	238,500		$	164,738		$	169,599
Lawn and Garden	128,267			138,894			136,539
Distribution	44,913			48,100			47,234
Engineered Products	40,377			40,840			41,044
Corporate	32,799			36,185			37,979
	$	484,856		$	428,757		$	432,395
Capital Additions, Net
Material Handling	$	17,029		$	12,165		$	8,912
Lawn and Garden	5,240			6,411			8,017
Distribution	796			1,101			332
Engineered Products	3,342			1,831			1,861
Corporate	570			422			1,411
	$	26,977		$	21,930		$	20,533
Depreciation and Amortization
Material Handling	$	17,308		$	16,009		$	15,890
Lawn and Garden	11,370			13,911			13,171
Distribution	379			342			271
Engineered Products	3,185			3,230			3,543
Corporate	765			722			675
	$	33,007		$	34,214		$	33,550