Exhibit 32


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



       In connection with the annual report of Terex Corporation (the "Company")
on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  we, Ronald M. DeFeo,
Chairman,  President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company,  and Phillip C.
Widman,  Senior  Vice  President  and Chief  Financial  Officer of the  Company,
certify,  to the best of our  knowledge,  pursuant  to 18 U.S.C.  ss.  1350,  as
adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)    The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d)
       of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2)    The information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
       respects,  the  financial  condition  and  results of  operations  of the
       Company.




                                                   /s/ Ronald M. DeFeo
                                                   Ronald M. DeFeo
                                                   Chairman, President and
                                                   Chief Executive Officer
                                                   Terex Corporation

                                                   March 15, 2004



                                                   /s/ Phillip C. Widman
                                                   Phillip C. Widman
                                                   Senior Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer

                                                   March 15, 2004






A signed  original of this written  statement  required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating,  acknowledging or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the  electronic  version of this written  statement
required by Section  906,  has been  provided to Terex  Corporation  and will be
retained by Terex  Corporation  and  furnished  to the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.