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Product of the Month – GML Counterbalance Floor Cranes

For our Product of the Month we’re introducing you to one of the most important families – fast becoming a dynasty – in the modern material lifting era. The GML family, as we call it, is a range of powerful, productive, sustainable and easy-to-operate counterbalance floor cranes manufactured by Wienold....

Mental health and wellbeing gets lift at Hird

Lifting and powered access specialist Hird has introduced a programme of wellbeing and mental health support for its employees. Four colleagues have been trained as mental health first aiders to assist team members and help them find additional support if they need it. The Hird Employment Assistance Programme (EAP), as...

Ocean-going boat takes to the skies with crane lift launch

Hird expertise and a 500t crane has given a new boat the lift it needed to begin a life on the ocean waves. The 55t brand new trawler yacht was launched by being lifted from the quayside at the Alexandra Dock in Hull, East Yorkshire. It may look like a...

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...