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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...
Sewage lifting team flush with success thanks to Maeda mini crane
Crane Hire • Hird News • Mini Cranes • Spider Cranes
A Maeda mini crane and a boom lift supplied by Hird have been used to support work on a sewage treatment tank by lifting materials into a giant concrete tank. The Maeda MC305 spider crane combined with a stone grab proved to be the ideal lifting combination to allow engineers...
Product of the Month – Tilting glass trolley
Glass Lifting • Product of the Month
Here at Hird we like nothing better than finding simple solutions to potentially very challenging problems – which is why the Product of the Month for April is our tilting glass trolley. We have an excellent range of glazing trolleys for glass of all shapes, sizes and weights and, with...
Mini crane lift at quarry demonstrates Maeda advantage
The use of a Hird Maeda spider crane to lift machinery at a quarry has demonstrated the advantages it delivers in terms of operating in very constrained spaces. The boom of the Maeda MC405 crawler crane had to be guided through a gap with barely millimetres to spare to reach...
Maeda mini crane and glazing manipulator support hospital build
Hird has supplied a Maeda spider crane fitted with a glazing manipulator to support the building of a new diabetes centre at Hull Royal Infirmary. The Maeda MC405 and glazing manipulator attachment accelerates the glass installation project, helping to keep the build plan on schedule and controlling costs. The £6m...
Product of the Month – Oil&Steel Snake 2010H truck mounted platform
When working at height tasks must be carried out a multiple sites over a large area in as short a period of time as possible, there is nothing that can beat a truck mounted platform. That is why our Product of the Month for March is the Oil&Steel Snake 2010H...