Machine Moving

Sweet success for complex machinery lift at sugar factory

Hird has completed a complex contract lift at one of the UK’s largest sugar refineries to replace machinery seven floors up inside a production room. A 100-tonne mobile crane was used to lift out a conical process vessel while a 60-tonne crane lifted a man basket so a slinger could...

Tandem mini crane lift supports pharma tank installation

A Hird machinery moving team has helped a pharmaceutical company set up a new production facility with a tandem lift involving two pick and carry cranes. The tanks and production vessels needed to be moved into the production building through a very narrow doorway, making the lift, carried out in...

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...

Spider crane helps futuristic farmers go up in the world

A tracked spider crane supplied by Hird has been used to help develop the farm of the future. The Maeda MC405 mini crane was one of the only cranes in the UK compact enough to be operated inside the high-tech hydroponic centre. The spider crane was needed to lift and...

Crane and powered access lift for biomass energy plant

Crane, powered access and glass lifting specialist Hird is providing a range of lifting expertise at a biomass plant in East Yorkshire. Contractors working at the wood chip and biomass waste burning power station have been using Hird’s Grove GMK 4100L mobile crane to carry out a series of lifts...

Product of the month – machinery moving

We like to challenge convention at Hird Group. Last month, we compared Neymar to a glass vacuum lifter, and our Product of the Month for September is – machinery moving. Eagle-eyed readers will spot that machinery moving is not a product, but a service. However, a dictionary definition of a...

View from the cab – mobile crane driver Craig Jessop

Good communication is key to successful crane lifts, says experienced Hird crane driver Craig Jessop. Craig has been a crane operator for more than 12 years and is now the crane driver of Hird’s 50 tonne Grove GMK 3050 mobile crane. He has worked on numerous different crane lifting projects,...

Hird mini cranes in contract lift to remodel shopping centre

Hird has been commissioned to use its mini cranes in a contract lift to support the taking down of a pedestrian bridge and an escalator at a Midland shopping centre that was being refurbished. The Valla pick and carry crane was deployed to support the demolition of the concrete internal...