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Acquisition of Gordon Trucking, Inc. Total Purchase Price Consideration (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Acquisition of Gordon Trucking, Inc [Abstract]        
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross     $ 115,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross  
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets     15,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets  
Cash Acquired from Acquisition     (20,000,000)us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition  
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired 3,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 3,011,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 110,900,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs     148,000,000us-gaap_NoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionDebtAssumed1  
Common stock issued (par value of $0.01)     41,100us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued  
Total acquisition purchase price     $ 300,000,000htld_Totalacquisitionpurchaseprice