Hird beefs up mini crane hire fleet with Valla 250E
Crane Hire • Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
It’s always the big question – beef or turkey? Well, Hird has gone for beef! We’re talking, of course, about what’s going to be the centre piece on the Christmas dinner table. In this case, we’re also talking about Hird beefing up its pick and carry crane hire fleet in...
HSE praises Winlet glazing robots in safety campaign
The Health and Safety Executive, the UK’s health and safety regulator, has praised a Hird customer’s use of a Winlet glazing robot as an example of “good planning and use of handling aids”. An HSE inspector witnessed the Winlet 575 glazing robot in action during a construction site inspection in...
Product of the Month – Valla V210R pick and carry crane
Ultra-compact design A key attribute of the Valla V210R is its compactness. It is just 4490mm long – an Audi A4 car is longer – and 1980mm wide. It is both shorter and narrower than a Valla 180 ES mini crane (L: 4690mm, W: 2200mm) which has a max SWL...
Mobile crane team backs digester membrane installation
A Hird contract lifting team has used the company’s 100t mobile crane to help a client replace a defective gas holding membrane at its anaerobic digestion plant. The Grove GMK400L mobile crane lifted a ruptured membrane from the roof of a gas holding tank, then supported the client’s installation team...
‘Hirdy Boys’ sprint to glory in seafront Soapbox Challenge
Then came a strategic switch. “We realised no one else in the team was fast enough to keep up and push, which would have made us faster,” said Craig. “So Paul got in the hot seat for the last two runs and I pushed.” That moment of technical inspiration (eat...
Product of the Month – Manitou 200ATJ-E
Sometimes no news is good news. Which could be said to apply to our Product of the Month for October, the all-electric Manitou 200ATJ-E rough terrain boom lift. This time last year, Hird was chuffed to be the first access rental company in the UK to take the cherry picker...