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Tandem mini crane lift supports pharma tank installation

A Hird machinery moving team has helped a pharmaceutical company set up a new production facility with a tandem lift involving two pick and carry cranes. The tanks and production vessels needed to be moved into the production building through a very narrow doorway, making the lift, carried out in...

Spider crane lifts give garden visitors a summer sculpture treat

Contract lifting specialist Hird has used its Maeda spider cranes to help RHS Garden Wisley install two new exciting sculptures. A Maeda MC405 mini crane was deployed to remove artwork called Giant’s Chair to make way for a new sculpture. A Maeda MC285 mini crane was also used to install...

Hird lifting expertise cracks glass installation challenge

A Hird lifting team has completed a glass lifting project that proved an excellent test of the capabilities of the Maeda spider crane selected to carry out the task. A building contractor asked for Hird’s support to lift four glass panels, one weighing 400kg, at the property in a village...

Tight squeeze for Hird mobile crane slashes cost of flue lift

The advanced capability of one of Hird’s mobile cranes allowed it to reach a place that others could not – greatly reducing the cost of a lift for an industrial client. The company’s Liebherr 60t mobile crane could be reversed into a narrow accessway between two buildings allowing it to...

Hird Maeda mini crane helps bridge dockland divide

Hird Maeda mini crane helps bridge dockland divide A Maeda spider crane hired from Hird is being used to lift and lay stone slabs either side of a landmark bridge that is vital to the regeneration of Hull city centre. The Maeda MC285 tracked mini crane is assisting landscaping and...

Challenging tandem lift takes down horticultural chimney stacks

Hird has carried out a tandem lift with two mobile cranes to remove chimney stacks at a large horticultural centre. The business had to take down the stacks as part of an upgrade of the boiler system used to heat plant growing areas. Hird was commissioned to plan and implement...

Here’s the weather – on the hook of a Hird mobile crane

Visitors to Hull’s historical docks are getting their weather reports as light and sound show thanks to mobile crane technology provided by Hird. The lifting and powered access specialist, based close to the docks, was asked to lift an art installation into Prince’s Dock for a maritime festival. The Oracle,...

Machinery moving success as Hird takes press across Europe

A Hird machinery moving team has completed a challenging project to transport a 27-tonne press nearly 1,000 miles from the UK to the Czech Republic. Lifting specialist Hird was commissioned to carry out the contract lift to transport the 4.1m high press as part of a factory relocation project. The...