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Related Party (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2014
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Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] | The Company provides certain administrative services to the commercial tractor dealership. The related payments (receipts) with related parties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 (in thousands) were as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
Payments for tractor purchases | $ | 505 |  |  | $ | 11,988 |
Receipts for tractor sales | (1,299 | ) |  | (4,497 | )
Revenue equipment lease payments | 1,817 |  |  | 3,646 |
Payments for parts and services | 1,364 |  |  | 2,906 |
Terminal lease payments | 977 |  |  | 2,005 |
Administrative services receipts | (141 | ) |  | (282 | )
| $ | 3,223 |  |  | $ | 15,766 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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