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Product of the Month – Oktopus Counterbalance Lifting Beams
Lifting technology has to develop hand in hand with the imagination of architects and the ingenuity of building design engineers. Our Oktopus counterbalance lifting beam range Hird’s Oktopus counterbalance lifting beam hire range has equipment with lifting capacities ranging from 900kg right up to a whopping 8000kg, with the capabilities...
Anatomy of Tracked Carriers all-terrain transporters
The team at Hird know a good thing when they see it – and that applies to its new Tracked Carriers materials and equipment transporters. The battery electric machines are designed and built to operate across difficult terrain, sensitive ground, for example paved areas, and low-load bearing indoor floors. Impressive...
Product of the Month - Dingli JCPT2212DC electric scissor lift
Moments when a contractor responds with skepticism to the idea of hiring an electric rough terrain scissor lift are getting fewer and further between. Times are changing, and rapidly. Our Hird Product of the Month for October, the Dingli JCPT2212DC scissor lift, is one of the reasons why. The reasons?...
Product of the Month – Genie Z60FE articulating cherry picker
If you have a piece of cake, it’s also nice to eat it, right? With our Product of the month for September, you can do just that – because it is the Genie Z60FE articulating all-terrain cherry picker. Electric aerial platforms are absolutely central to the future of working at...
Hitting the high notes – knuckle boom crane perfect for piano lift
Working under overhangs Steve Stockdale said: “The project typified what Hird always strives to achieve – combining the right lifting equipment to simplify lifts, maximise safety and do the best possible job for customers every time.” Maeda MK3053CB ECO has many other features that will assist Hird’s mini crane hire...
Product of the Month – Wienold MRC751 counterbalance floor crane
Anyone who watched the Paris Olympics will see that the ability to turn on the spot it an essential skill in many sports. Gymnastics, BMX freestyle, canoeing and hammer throwing. They all require a good deal of twirling, as Bruce Forsyth once called it. Which is why our Product of...
Hird completes a world’s first lift with Maeda’s latest crane
Contract Lifting • Mini Cranes
It was crane number K0001 and Hird became the first company in the world to carry out a lift with the new MK3053C ECO – Maeda’s first knuckle boom spider crane. The battery electric crane has taken its place in a new generation of mini cranes that combine game-changing lifting...