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Game, Set, Glass. Why Padel Courts Up and Down the Country Need Vacuum Robots for Installation.
As padel courts surge across the UK, the demand for precise, safe glass installation is rising just as fast. Discover how Winlet glazing robots are reducing manual handling, improving accuracy, and speeding up installations for courts built to perform.
Night-time hotel crane lift a towering success for Hird team
A machinery moving team from Hird has used a mobile self-erecting tower crane to lift air conditioning units onto a hotel roof in the centre of one of the UK’s largest cities. A road in the centre of Manchester had to be closed during lift to allow the specialist crane...
Product of the Month – Wienold GML800+ counterbalance floor crane
Counterbalance Floor Cranes • Product of the Month
Lifting materials in constrained space needs a failsafe system that is simple to operate by small teams and works every time. That system is Hird’s Wienold GML800+ counterbalance floor crane, our Product of the Month for April 2026. The machine is powerful, robust and extremely flexible, which is why it...
Product of the Month – Bohle LiftMaster Quadro Pro 800 glass vacuum lifter
Style and substance do not always go hand-in-hand. But they certainly do with the Bohle LiftMaster Quadro Pro 800 glass vacuum lifter – the Hird Product of the Month for March. Midfield glass lifting maestros The Bohle LiftMaster Quadro Pro 800 vacuum lifter joins other excellent lifters in the middle...
Hird Pocket Guide 6.0 – the page-turner revealing the UK’s best hire equipment
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...
Product of the Month – Curved Glass Vacuum Lifters
Take a look through the architectural trends of the 2020s and it won’t take long before one thing becomes clear – the rising prominence of curved glass. It’s why our Product of the Month for February is Hird’s range of curved glass vacuum lifters. Whether you consider the popularity of...
Hird equipment hire power on show at EHS 2026
Powered access and lifting machines that make Hird’s rental fleet one of the most diverse and capable in the UK will be on display at Executive Hire Show 2026. Industry-leading spider lifts Hird is the UK and Ireland distributor for Winlet, which manufactures ErgoMover electric trolleys, and the UK distributor...