Pick and Carry Cranes
Success at Vertikal Days demonstrates Hird value for customers
Events • Glazing Robots • Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
Across sales, hire and specialist services, Hird’s presence at Vertikal Days 2025 demonstrated the exceptional value the business can deliver for its customers. Maximise productivity – control cost On show at the Tadano stand, was the Valla V46R pick and carry crane and Oil&Steel’s Octoplus 17 spider lift. Over at...
Anatomy of a modern pick and carry crane – Valla’s V range
Hird’s Valla V cranes don’t just look the part of a modern pick and carry crane, they in every way define what the mini crane of the future should be able to do. Our latest Machine Anatomy feature explains why this industrial crane redefines excellence in lifting, by giving our...
From one icon to another – Hird gives veterans charity a big lift
Community • Pick and Carry Cranes
The machinery moving team at Hird has helped a veterans charity by lifting a Hull icon, using an icon of lifting — a Valla pick and carry crane. The team was tasked with lifting and moving a famous cream-coloured K6 phone box for digital communications provider KCOM and veterans charity...
Transforming lifting – the Valla V130RX extends your options
It may not be quite as dramatic as a Hollywood Transformers movie moment. But the latest mini crane in the Hird fleet certainly can transform its capabilities right before your eyes. That is because the new Valla V130RX has a built-in extending chassis. So, at a touch of a button,...
5 advantages you need to know about Valla’s new ‘V Cranes’
Eye-catching – futuristic even – a new range of Valla cranes being added to Hird’s pick and carry crane hire fleet is always going to get noticed. What’s special about the new Valla V range of mini cranes is that they are very much worth a closer look. This is...
Hird crawler crane wins access challenge at house with a view
Getting a crane into some worksites can be a big challenge – but it helps that Hird has a Maeda CC985S-1 in its crane hire fleet. The 4.9t crawler crane was just what was needed to install large triple-glazed glass panels in an eye-catching luxury home tucked away down a...
Hird crane expertise wins positive response at MRO Middle East
Events • Pick and Carry Cranes
A team of Hird lifting experts representing Manitex Valla has been pleased with the response from visitors to MRO Middle East in Dubai. Manitex Valla was one of 150 exhibitors at the two-day international exhibition for the global airline supply chain. More than 4,000 people visited the event at which...
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...