Lessee, Operating Lease, Number of Renewal Options

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The maximum amount of insurance risk of loss retained on a per occurrence basis under the company's vehicle liability, workers' compensation and other insurance programs.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessor's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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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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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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) renewal_option segment	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Number of segments \| segment	3
Maximum amount of insurance risk of loss retained per occurrence \| $	$ 3,000,000
Trucks and Tractors \| Minimum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessor	3 years
Trucks and Tractors \| Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessor	7 years
Trailers \| Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessor	10 years
Revenue Earning Equipment \| Minimum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessor	1 day
Revenue Earning Equipment \| Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessor	1 year
Facilities
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Lease renewal term	5 years
Facilities \| Minimum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessee	3 years
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option	1
Facilities \| Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessee	5 years
Revenue Earning Equipment, Material Handling Equipment, Automated Washing Machines and Vehicles
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option	0
Revenue Earning Equipment, Material Handling Equipment, Automated Washing Machines and Vehicles \| Minimum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessee	3 years
Revenue Earning Equipment, Material Handling Equipment, Automated Washing Machines and Vehicles \| Maximum
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Term of operating lease as lessee	7 years
Maintenance and Rental
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Revenue from contract with customer \| $	$ 950,000,000	$ 909,000,000	$ 832,000,000