Financial Instruments and Commodity Contracts - Narrative (Details) (USD $)	Apr. 30, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2014 Interest Rate Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Interest Rate Contract [Member]	Apr. 30, 2014 Steel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Steel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Apr. 30, 2014 Diesel Fuel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Oct. 31, 2013 Diesel Fuel Forward Contracts [Member] Commodity Contract [Member]	Jan. 31, 2014 Mexican Financial Services [Member] Interest Rate Cap [Member]	Apr. 30, 2014 Mexican Financial Services [Member] Asset-backed Securities [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Derivative, Amount of Hedged Item	$ 0	$ 0
Derivative, Collateral, Obligation to Return Cash	0	0
Exposure to Credit Risk	2,000,000	5,000,000
Derivative, Notional Amount			$ 22,000,000	$ 45,000,000	$ 19,000,000	$ 11,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 2,000,000	$ 78,000,000	$ 137,000,000