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Product of the Month – Valla V36R pick and carry crane

At a time when everything appears to be getting bigger, our product of the month for March is a shining example of how being smaller can deliver telling advantages. The Valla 36R electric pick and carry crane is, kilo for kilo, one of the most compact and capable cranes in...

Mini crane makes light work of low headroom for retail refit

A Maeda mini crane and glass vacuum lifter supplied by Hird has helped glazing installers overcome a challenging lack of headroom as they fitted shopfront windows during a refurbishment project. The Maeda MC305 tracked spider crane was combined with a Kappel DSZ2 glass lifter to install windows at the King...

All electric Maeda crane is glass lifting hero in ‘Gotham City’

Zero-emissions all-electric Maeda mini cranes supplied by Hird are playing a key role in glazing one of the biggest tall building developments ever given planning permission by the City of London. Sustainable lifting was one of the key advantages that led to the two Maeda MC-285CB-3 ECO spider cranes being...

Product of the Month – Maeda CC985S-1 mini crawler crane

There is no room to rest on your laurels in the lifting world. Which is why our Product of the Month for February is the Maeda CC985S-1 mini crawler crane. Having no room is, in fact, the central point here. Because the Maeda CC985S-1 mini crawler crane is designed to...

Glazing robot overcomes tricky high-rise glazing challenge

A Winlet glazing robot hired from Hird has demonstrated the versatility of the glass vacuum manipulator by completing a complex high-rise installation project with ease. Facilities managers faced a challenging situation when they had to replace a glass panel several floors up a high-rise apartment block in Battersea, South London....

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...

Product of the Month – Oktopus CBL8000 counterbalance lifting beam

If someone tells you their success at lifting large sheets of glass or cladding panels into place hangs in the balance – just point them in the direction of Hird. We’ve just added our largest ever counterbalance lifting beam to our hire fleet – and it is designed to cope...

Historical dock crane gets restoration lift from Hird

Hird mobile crane and powered access expertise is supporting a project to dismantle and restore a historical 18-tonne dock crane. The last remaining Scotch derrick crane at the former North End Shipyard in Hull, East Yorkshire, is being dismantled ready to be put on show as a tourist attraction. Hird...