Hird’s Equipment Pocket Guide such a success it sets a trend
Here at Hird we’re always looking for new ways our customers can select the best mini crane hire, powered access hire and glass lifting hire options. That is why we created our new Hird Pocket Guide to the many hundreds of products we offer for hire. With a quick flick...
Product of the Month – Oktopus glass manipulator
There are some glass lifting devices that make people stop and look – and our Product of the Month for November, the Oktopus manipulator, is one of them. The advanced glass vacuum lifter is so smart and impressive that it has the power to gather an audience wherever it is...
Where there’s muck there’s a Maeda mini crane
A Hird Maeda mini crane has proven to be the perfect lifting equipment for helping turning cow poo into biogas. The Maeda MC305 tracked spider crane moo-oved pipe work and machinery into place during construction of a methane plant at a dairy farm near Telford in Shropshire. Extracting methane gas...
Hird boosts mobile crane hire capability with new Liebherr
Hird has added significantly to the capacity of its mobile crane hire service with the purchase of a Liebherr LTM1060 3.1 all-terrain crane. High load capacity Confined space operation Phil Hird said: “Thanks to VarioBase, we can lift loads with the Liebherr LTM1060 3.1 in a tightly confined space, where...
Winlet glazing robots install window of wildlife discovery
Two Winlet glazing robots hired from Hird have been helping to create a stunning viewing area for thousands of people to watch wildlife on the south coast of England. The Winlet 1000 glazing robots are lifting glass panels weighing 675kg into place in the new Rye Harbour Discovery Centre in...
Product of the Month – IPAF powered access training
It’s great to have the most modern, capable and best-maintained access platforms. But you still have to know how to use them safely and effectively. Which is why our Product of the Month for October is our IPAF powered access training courses. By courses, we don’t just mean what’s contained...
Glazing robot’s six wheels come to the aid of two-wheelers
The power and versatility of the Hird glazing robot used to install glass in a motorbike showroom had more in common with the two-wheeled machines on display than you might think. A glass installation specialist used the Winlet 785 glazing robot on hire from Hird to fit the 280kg glass...
GML800+ Manipulator – anatomy of an industry leader
It’s good when a bright idea comes to fruition. Even better when it becomes a class-leading lifting machine. That’s certainly the case with the GML800+ Manipulator. Hird has worked closely with German lifting equipment manufacturer to conceive, design and develop its GML counterbalance floor crane range. Much of its performance...