Machine Moving
Hird client can chill – machine move is no sweat for extending crane
Hird’s machinery moving service used the chassis-extending capability of the company’s Valla V130RX pick and carry crane to lift a cooler into place at a chilled food warehouse. The combination of the narrow width of the crane and its impressive reach – made possible by the its chassis extension technology...
Hird machinery moving team stays cool despite lift challenge
One of Hird’s new Valla V Series cranes proved its worth carrying and lifting a 6.1t refrigeration unit at a food processing plant that had been previously recommended a much BIGGER solution. Following a site visit, Hird Technical Manager Jake Coulman, the project’s Appointed Person, proposed using a Valla V180RC...
Hird’s can-do spirit aids brewery labelling machine lift
Contract Lifting • Machine Moving
A Hird machinery moving team has used a mobile crane and two pick and carry cranes to move a large labelling machine into place in the packaging area of one of the UK’s biggest breweries. The lift and move project was completed over two days – though this was only...
Cool-headed planning leads to success for refrigeration machinery moving project
Machinery moving teams from Hird have carried our a series of lifts using a mobile crane and a pick and carry crane to install equipment in a factory operated by one of the UK’s largest chilled fish producer. Small carbon footprint Find out more Got a machinery lifting and moving...
Sweet success for complex machinery lift at sugar factory
Contract Lifting • Machine Moving
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
Contract Lifting • Machine Moving
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...