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Hird lifting expertise cracks glass installation challenge
Contract Lifting • Mini Cranes
A Hird lifting team has completed a glass lifting project that proved an excellent test of the capabilities of the Maeda spider crane selected to carry out the task. A building contractor asked for Hird’s support to lift four glass panels, one weighing 400kg, at the property in a village...
Product of the Month 2020 Roundup
With 2021 hurtling towards us the PoTM desk at Hird is presenting its end of year review of the machines and equipment we have showcased over the last 12 months. As you would expect, they are widely varied, given the comprehensive service Hird provides for mini crane lifting, working at...
Tight squeeze for Hird mobile crane slashes cost of flue lift
The advanced capability of one of Hird’s mobile cranes allowed it to reach a place that others could not – greatly reducing the cost of a lift for an industrial client. The company’s Liebherr 60t mobile crane could be reversed into a narrow accessway between two buildings allowing it to...
Product of the Month – Porta-Gantry A-frame crane
It’s a lifting system that probably goes back into the mists of time. We’re talking about our Product of the Month for December – the Porta-Gantry. The device is an A-frame crane which looks simple, is simple to use, and (by gum) it does a simply very good job. The...
Hird team rises to challenge with flour mill machinery lift
A Hird machinery moving team has carried out a contract lift to support the installation of equipment in a new flour mill. The lifting specialist used its 100-tonne Grove mobile crane combined with a loading deck to lift the equipment into the building. The machinery moving project involved the Hird...
Product of the Month – Genie Z45/25 XC boom lift
As the saying goes, when the going gets tough – get yourself a Genie Z45/25 XC boom lift from Hird. Actually, that is not how the saying goes. But for the purposes of our Product of the Month for November, we stand by the quote. Our new Genie Z45/25 XC...
Material lift proves vital in London landmark renovation
Counterbalance Floor Cranes • Glass Lifting
It may be a stretch to say glass lifting can be raised to an art form. However, a project carried out using a counterbalance material lift from Hird was certainly visually impressive. Glass installation specialists were facing a big challenge to lift glass panels into place during a development project...
Training Focus – PASMA towers for users course
Our training focus for October is Hird’s PASMA towers for users training course, not least because us human beings love a tower. For nearly 4,000 years, the tallest object constructed by humans, anywhere in the world, was the 146m Great Pyramid in Egypt. Now, of course, the sky’s barely the...