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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

         Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 7, 2005
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                                TEREX CORPORATION
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


           Delaware                      1-10702                34-1531521
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 (State or Other Jurisdiction          (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)              File Number)          Identification No.)



    500 Post Road East, Suite 320, Westport, Connecticut          06880
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          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)             (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (203) 222-7170
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     Terex Corporation issued a press release on March 7, 2005, announcing that
it will be participating in the Smith Barney Citigroup Global Industrial
Manufacturing Conference on March 8, 2005. A live webcast of this presentation
will be available at the Terex website, www.terex.com, under the Investors
section.

     A copy of this press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits

     99.1 Press release of Terex Corporation issued on March 7, 2005.


                                   SIGNATURES
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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  March 7, 2005


                                              TEREX CORPORATION


                                              By:  /s/ Eric I Cohen
                                                   Eric I Cohen
                                                   Senior Vice President
















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