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Hird appointed as UK Oil & Steel distributor
Oil&Steel has appointed Hird as its new distributor for the UK market. Oil&Steel, based in Modena, Italy, manufactures truck-mounted aerial platforms and tracked spider platforms. It is part of the Manitex International group of companies. Fabrizio Girotti, General Manager of Oil&Steel, said: “I am proud to announce Hird as the...
Product of the Month – Minifor TR50 Electric Hoist
Our Product of the Month for August is the Minifor TR50 Electric Hoist. Uh-huh, we hear you say. Okay, we’ve featured some hefty and complicated kit in our PoTM series. Like chunky Valla mini cranes, smart Maeda spider cranes and powerful glass vacuum lifts that can carry half a house....
Training Focus – LEEA Counterbalance Floor Crane
Counterbalance floor cranes are increasingly popular and important in a wide range of industrial sectors – which is why our training course to learn how to use them safely and productively is also in demand. This month, our Training Focus looks at the LEEA Counterbalance Floor Crane training course. There...
Hird Maeda mini crane helps bridge dockland divide
Hird Maeda mini crane helps bridge dockland divide A Maeda spider crane hired from Hird is being used to lift and lay stone slabs either side of a landmark bridge that is vital to the regeneration of Hull city centre. The Maeda MC285 tracked mini crane is assisting landscaping and...
Training of the Month – LEEA Vacuum Robot Course
Hird has played a big part in expanding the use of glazing robots in the UK so it was only natural that we would pioneer the development of training to use them. Our Training of the Month aperture for July is filled by the LEEA vacuum robot course – giving...
Product of the Month – Liebherr LMT1060 3.1 mobile crane
Hird mobile crane operator Craig Jessop put it well: “It’s really a very smart computer, that’s very good at lifting.” Our Product of the Month for July is the Liebherr LMT1060 3.1 all-terrain mobile crane. It’s the crane with a brain. We have all got used to the idea that...
Reach for the skies with the impressive GML800+ Manipulator
As the saying goes – seeing is believing. Our video of the Wienold GML800+ Manipulator shows why this counterbalance floor crane is so popular with glass installation contractors. It is simple to use, extremely robust and able to lift a sheet of glass or other non-porous smooth sheet material weighing...
Stairway to luxury living gets a lift from Hird mini crane
A Hird lifting team has supported construction colleagues by using a Maeda mini crane to lift a staircase into place in the penthouse suite of one of London’s newest residential towers.The Hird spider crane was lifted 550 feet to the 53rd floor of the DAMAC Tower – known affectionately as...