Product of the Month – Genie Z-45 DC Rough Terrain Boom Lift
January is the perfect moment for our Product of the Month, the Genie Z-45 DC rough terrain electric boom lift. Because January, as we know, is all about making New Year’s resolutions (or not) and changing things for the better. So what better time to consider hiring an electric rough...
40 years of Hird – the lifting team that won’t let you down
Hird is marking 40 years in business – and four decades of development that has seen it transformed from a machinery moving contractor to one of the most diverse and successful lifting specialists in the UK. Trusted judgment Phil Hird, Peter Hird Snr’s son and the company’s Managing Director, said:...
Hird beefs up mini crane hire fleet with Valla 250E
Crane Hire • Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
It’s always the big question – beef or turkey? Well, Hird has gone for beef! We’re talking, of course, about what’s going to be the centre piece on the Christmas dinner table. In this case, we’re also talking about Hird beefing up its pick and carry crane hire fleet in...
HSE praises Winlet glazing robots in safety campaign
The Health and Safety Executive, the UK’s health and safety regulator, has praised a Hird customer’s use of a Winlet glazing robot as an example of “good planning and use of handling aids”. An HSE inspector witnessed the Winlet 575 glazing robot in action during a construction site inspection in...
Product of the Month – Valla V210R pick and carry crane
Ultra-compact design A key attribute of the Valla V210R is its compactness. It is just 4490mm long – an Audi A4 car is longer – and 1980mm wide. It is both shorter and narrower than a Valla 180 ES mini crane (L: 4690mm, W: 2200mm) which has a max SWL...
Mobile crane team backs digester membrane installation
A Hird contract lifting team has used the company’s 100t mobile crane to help a client replace a defective gas holding membrane at its anaerobic digestion plant. The Grove GMK400L mobile crane lifted a ruptured membrane from the roof of a gas holding tank, then supported the client’s installation team...