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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...

British Museum facility gets Hird glass lifting boost

Hird glass lifting technology put on a good display as it was used to help build a new British Museum storage complex that will also allow scientist to view artifacts currently not on show. A UNIC 376 tracked spider crane was teamed up with a Kappel DSZ2 vacuum glass lifter...

Product of the Month – Oktopus GGA-E-B 2500 counterbalance lifting beam

Here at Hird we can’t resist quoting a Greek philosopher or two to justify the lifting equipment we supply. And we’re at it again with the Product of the Month for June. The product is the Oktopus GGA-E-B 2500 ovH counterbalance lifting beam (OKTOPUS CBL2500). Which got us thinking about...

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...

UK first for Hird as it adds all-electric Manitous to its fleet

Hird has become the first company in the UK to take delivery of the Manitou 200 ATJ E – the manufacturer’s first all-electric rough terrain articulating boom lift. The Manitou 200 AJT E Oxygen, as it is being called, has a maximum working height of 20m, a maximum outreach of...

Product of the Month – Oil&Steel Scorpion 2013 truck mounted platform

It can be a battle out there – and you may need an aerial platform that will keep you moving forward. Which is why our Product of the Month for May is the Oil&Steel Scorpion 2013 truck mount. One of the first skills a soldier learns is to skirmish. Dash,...

Crown jewel of mini cranes on lifting duty at Tower of London

A Hird Maeda mini crane has been called in to carry out a lift in one of the most famous historical buildings in the world – the Tower of London. The Maeda MC305 spider crane made an unusual sight as it was tracked past the iconic 1,000-year-old keep built by...

Mini crane glass manipulator up to overhead lift challenge

A Maeda spider crane fitted with a glass manipulator proved to be the right combination to carry out a highly challenging project to lift glass directly overhead into an atrium canopy. The space constraints of the lift site at new offices being built at Canal Reach, Kings Cross, in Central...