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Glass lifting with mini crane creates one of the UK’s best views

Hird has helped builders create one of the best private viewing points in England – certainly on the north east coast – by providing a Maeda spider crane and a glass vacuum lifter to install a giant window. The lifting specialist was called in to help install the 6-metre by...

Hird mini crane hire fleet goes green with advanced HVO fuel

Hird’s hire fleet of mini cranes is going green by being supplied with HVO fuel which reduces CO2 emissions by up to 90%. The move reflects the company’s determination to reduce its carbon footprint and help clients do the same by using the more eco-friendly fuel. John Wilding, Hird Director,...

Hird leads electric lifting revolution with all-electric spider crane

Lifting and powered access specialist Hird is at the forefront of a low-carbon crane hire revolution after taking delivery of Maeda’s new all-electric spider crane. The Maeda MC285-3 Eco is the Japanese mini crane manufacturer’s first all-electric lithium battery crane. Hird is determined to make sure its spider crane hire...

Spider crane lifts give garden visitors a summer sculpture treat

Contract lifting specialist Hird has used its Maeda spider cranes to help RHS Garden Wisley install two new exciting sculptures. A Maeda MC405 mini crane was deployed to remove artwork called Giant’s Chair to make way for a new sculpture. A Maeda MC285 mini crane was also used to install...

Crown jewel of mini cranes on lifting duty at Tower of London

A Hird Maeda mini crane has been called in to carry out a lift in one of the most famous historical buildings in the world – the Tower of London. The Maeda MC305 spider crane made an unusual sight as it was tracked past the iconic 1,000-year-old keep built by...

Mini crane glass manipulator up to overhead lift challenge

A Maeda spider crane fitted with a glass manipulator proved to be the right combination to carry out a highly challenging project to lift glass directly overhead into an atrium canopy. The space constraints of the lift site at new offices being built at Canal Reach, Kings Cross, in Central...

Sewage lifting team flush with success thanks to Maeda mini crane

A Maeda mini crane and a boom lift supplied by Hird have been used to support work on a sewage treatment tank by lifting materials into a giant concrete tank. The Maeda MC305 spider crane combined with a stone grab proved to be the ideal lifting combination to allow engineers...

Mini crane lift at quarry demonstrates Maeda advantage

The use of a Hird Maeda spider crane to lift machinery at a quarry has demonstrated the advantages it delivers in terms of operating in very constrained spaces. The boom of the Maeda MC405 crawler crane had to be guided through a gap with barely millimetres to spare to reach...