2.4.0.82127100 - Disclosure - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONStruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000899751duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Related Party Transactions [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:12px;text-indent:-12px;font-size:10pt;"> RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS</div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"> </div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;">The Company sells products and pays commissions to companies controlled by persons related to the chief executive officer of the Company.  The related party is Mr. Fred Taylor and is Mr. Maurice Taylor’s brother.  The companies which Mr. Fred Taylor is associated with that do business with Titan include the following:  Blackstone OTR, LLC; FBT Enterprises; and OTR Wheel Engineering.  Sales of Titan products to these companies were approximately $0.8 million and $1.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively, as compared to $0.7 million and $1.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. Titan had trade receivables due from these companies of approximately $0.3 million at June 30, 2013, and approximately $0.2 million at December 31, 2012.  On other sales referred to Titan from the above manufacturing representative companies, commissions were approximately $0.6 million and $1.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively as compared to $0.7 million and $1.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012.</div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"> </div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;">The Company has a 41.7% equity stake in Wheels India Limited, a company incorporated in India and listed on the National Stock Exchange in India. The Company had trade payables due to Wheels India of approximately $0.2 million at June 30, 2013, and approximately $0.4 million at December 31, 2012. </div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"> </div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;">In the second quarter of 2013, the Company sold Titan Wheels Australia, a 100% owned subsidiary, to Titan National Australia Holdings, a 56% owned subsidiary operating as the Planet Corporation Group. The Company maintained financial control over Titan Wheels Australia and no gain or loss was recognized for the transaction.</div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for related party transactions. 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