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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...
Product of the Month – Kappel DSKE2 vacuum lifter
Our Product of the Month is a bit of a lightweight. But in the best possible way. Because it is the Kappel DSKE2 vacuum lifter. Every glass lifting contractor has their go-to vacuum lifter. The one that they know will get the job done, with no fuss, easy as you...
Training Focus – RTITB below the hook vacuum lifter training
There is no such thing, anywhere in the universe, as the perfect vacuum – but Hird does offer an ideal vacuum lifter training course. Our RTITB Below the Hook Vacuum Lifter training course is the subject of this month’s Hird Training Focus. Vacuum lifters have become increasingly important in many...