Hird News
Product of the Month – Valla 250E pick and carry crane
Think of a bodybuilder at peak competition condition – and that’s Hird’s Valla 250E pick and carry crane, our October Product of the Month. Every gramme of the mechanically muscular Valla 250E has purpose. The mini crane looks the part and performs brilliantly in a wide range of lifting scenarios...
Tree maintenance – climate change triggers rise of spider lift
Spider lifts available for hire from Hird have been identified by tree experts as the ideal access platforms to work on trees weakened by the summer drought and threatened by predicted winter storms. The tracked Oil&Steel Octoplus 17 and Oil&Steel Octoplus 21 in Hird’s spider boom hire fleet are being...
Product of the month – stone and GRC vacuum lifters
Our Product of the Month for September is actually a family of machines that have very impressive suction power – stone and glass reinforced concrete vacuum lifters. Stone vacuum lifters – overcoming imperfections Three design features work to overcome this risk: Impressive suction power – but check this out! Hird’s...
Hird elevates PASMA training with new mobile access towers
PASMA training at Hird has gone up in the world with a new set-up giving course candidates more time to practice the skills that will help keep them safe while working at height. Hird Training’s facilities now feature two new mobile access towers that make it easier and more efficient...
Product of the Month – Oil&Steel Octoplus 17 spider lift
Fast, flexible and an ability to overcome some of the biggest working at height challenges – attributes that define our Product of the Month for August, the Oil&Steel Octoplus 17 spider lift. With a 17m maximum working height, an outreach of 7.6m and an impressive 250kg basket capacity, the Octoplus...
Lift your team’s skills with training delivered at Hird London Redhill
Glass and curtain wall installation contractors can obtain the training their teams need for a full range of lifting equipment at Hird’s London Redhill operational hub. It is the ideal opportunity to provide teams with the accredited lifting skills training they need to operate machines essential to provide clients with...
Hird’s Valla mini cranes gives African monorail vital lift
Valla pick and carry cranes supplied by Hird has played a key role in a UK manufacturing success story involving the construction of two monorail lines in Cairo. The Valla V210RC and Valla 250E mini cranes were used to lift components from lorries at the factory in Derby where the...
Product of the Month – Maeda MC815 spider crane
You can be a giant of your time and still be impressively compact – think Napoleon and Ronnie Corbett, or our Product of the Month for July, the Maeda MC815 spider crane. The Maeda MC815 is the largest machine in Hird’s spider crane hire fleet. Yet it has all the...