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Mobile crane lift means mast removal is plain sailing

A mobile crane supplied by Hird Lifting has been used to remove a 30-metre mast from an ocean-going yacht to allow rigging to be replaced. Hird provided the crane and operator service free of charge to support the CatZero charity which offers sailing opportunities to disadvantaged children, young people and...

Valla crane proves its ship-shape for boat repair lift

A pick and carry crane supplied by Hird has been used to lift out and replace a major component on board a car ferry. The lifting solution proved to be a success after all other possible methods for completing the maintenance task were found to be impractical. The Valla 120E...

Hird lifting power raises Christmas spirits at hospice

Hird has used one of its mobile cranes to lift a large Christmas tree into position at the Dove House Hospice in Hull. The crane, glass lifting and powered access specialist, which has its headquarters in Hull, carried out the work free of charge. Dove House Hospice is a charitable...

Hird mini crane looking good in those lifting chains

Lifting specialist Hird has used its 100-tonne mobile crane to lift two Maeda spider cranes into an upper level of a distribution warehouse being built for a major clothes retailer. The Maeda MC305 mini cranes have been hired to support the installation of conveyors and stairs in the new logistics...

Disabled pensioner gets a new life with a big lift

A disabled and vulnerable pensioner who was hounded out of his house by vandals has a safe place to live with a little help from the lifting team at Hird Group. Gordon Ross had the chance of a new home in a static caravan in his nephew’s garden in Hull,...

Hird wastes no time overcoming tandem lift challenge

Hird Group has completed a challenging two-stage tandem lift to install two recycling machines, each one 15 metres long and weighing 32 tonnes. Working for Stadler UK Ltd, Hird has used large city cranes to install the trommels – plastic sorting machines – at a waste disposal site on the...

Tree-mendous! How did they get that tree in there?

If you want to plant a 1.3 tonne tree in a giant pot that is up a flight of steps, through three double doors, and across a courtyard that has a low weight load suspended floor who are you going to call? That was the challenge facing a leading corporate...

How did they get that car there? With a spider crane of course!

For many people visiting M&M’s World in Leicester Square it might well have been one of those “how did they do that?” moments. A 1,300kg Mini convertible sitting in a basement of a sweet shop, surrounded by display stands, with no obvious way of driving the vehicle into the confined...