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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...

Mini crane lift allows tourists to ‘boulder-ly go’ up giant rock

Thousands of tourists can take steps to enjoy one of the Lake District’s most popular – and most mysterious – attractions thanks to the skills of the Hird contract lifting team. Hird has assisted architectural and sculptural metalworkers CB Arts to install a new ladder on the Bowder Stone, a...

Football stadium gets premier league contract lift

Promotion to the Premier League heralds the arrival of a huge amount of TV rights cash – and the Hird lifting team to install the glass in a new Sky television commentary box. Installing the window was a complex job needing two types of crane along with two types of...