Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 – the page-turner revealing the UK’s best hire equipment
Some publications become instant classics and keep getting more popular – and the Hird Pocket Guide is one of them.
Wuthering Heights is back in the best sellers, thanks to a glitzy film (loosely) based on Emily Bronte’s Victorian novel.
But the 6th edition of the Hird Pocket Guide is also flying off the shelves.
Its pages are packed with the best access, lifting and materials moving equipment available for hire anywhere in the world.
The small book that packs a big machine hire punch was the first of its kind when it hit the shelves.
It has since spawned a range of imitators but has never been bettered in terms of its range of machines and ease of use.
Equipment details always to hand
Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 now has a whopping 345 pages, 20 more than edition five and, to prove how quickly it has grown, twice as many as edition two.
Whether our customers need spider lifts, pick and carry cranes, spider cranes, glazing robots, or vacuum glass lifters – or any of the many other items in Hird’s equipment hire fleet.
The Hird Pocket Guide has been designed to be easy to use, with items laid out in sections, supported by detailed contents pages and a comprehensive index.
The guide continues to buck the trend of information searching going digital.
There is no guarantee that out in the middle of many development sites, or in the depths of a large industrial complex, you will have bars on your phone.
Your guide to top equipment hire brands
It’s why a hard copy guide that fits snuggly in a pocket is still essential to find and then order the machines you need.
That said, Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 can also be viewed in a digital flip-book format, so items can be quickly found on a phone or a tablet.
The guide has all the performance specifications Hird’s machine hire customers need to select the right make and size of machines they need.
Of course, it also feature all Hird’s top equipment hire brands, which include:
Hird’s customers can also use the Hird Pocket Guide to plan end-to-end equipment support for the most complex projects.
That could require Hird’s Aconda battery electric tracked carriers or Winlet ErgoMover battery electric materials trolleys to safely take materials or equipment across a challenging worksite.
New machine hire options on show
The pocket guide features lifting equipment that can then get loads to where they are needed, including counterbalance lifting beams and mobile cranes.
There is also information about contract lift options, including accessing Hird’s machinery moving service.
Then again, if it’s just simple materials hoists and lifting straps you need, Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 features those as well.
As Hird continues to develop and renew its machine hire fleets, new products are being continuously added to the pocket guide. An example is the Wirth Oktopus CBVL 1500 counterbalance lifting beam.
Operated with either a cabled or wireless remote control, the lifting beam has a maximum lifting capacity of 1500kg. The beam’s depth of overhang can be adjusted between 1000mm and 3000mm.
It can be fitted with a lifting hook or slings, or with an Oktopus vacuum glass manipulator.
At the larger end of the scale, the new Valla V130RX pick and carry crane makes a first appearance in the guide.
The pick and carry crane has an extending chassis so it can be in its closed format to be guided into a lifting position in constrained space. Then the chassis can extended to increase capacity during a lift.
The battery electric Valla V130RX has a maximum safe working load of 13t, with a maximum working height of 10.5m (SWL: 8.2t) and a maximum radius of 6.2m (SWL: 3.3t).
Another new high-performance machine is the Kappel Hydraulica 500 Curved, a vacuum glass lifter for curved or irregular glass with maximum capacity of 500kg.
It has 90-degree tilt and 360-degree manual, lockable rotation and is operated with two or four maintenance-free vacuum pumps.
As with other curved glass lifters in the hire fleet, the machines are supplied with bespoke trolleys for safe and easy transportation to and from lift locations.
Equipment maintenance and training
Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 also provides details of the comprehensive servicing, LOLER testing, inspections, and repair services Hird provides to keep its own hire equipment in tip-top condition, and support companies that operate their own machines.
It includes having a national team of mobile engineers who are highly experienced at servicing and maintaining vacuum lifters, access platforms and mini cranes, so utilisation is maximised.
Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 also features the comprehensive range of training courses delivered at training centres in London, Doncaster and Hull, or at customer sites or worksites across the UK.
They includes CPCS, LEEA, RTITB, IPAF and PASMA accredited courses,Cskills Awards vocational qualifications, and a wide range of other specialist courses, such as manual handling, abrasive wheels, and lorry loader.
Find out more
View a digital flip-book version of Hird Pocket Guide 6.0.
Request a printed version of Hird Pocket Guide 6.0. Email: [email protected]