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Football stadium gets premier league contract lift

Promotion to the Premier League heralds the arrival of a huge amount of TV rights cash – and the Hird lifting team to install the glass in a new Sky television commentary box. Installing the window was a complex job needing two types of crane along with two types of...

Tracked spider crane ideal ingredient in food factory lift

A tracked spider crane hired from Hird has proved it has all the ingredients needed to work in a highly confined space inside a food factory. The Maeda MC285 mini crane was needed to lift insulation boards into place as part of a food production area reconfiguration project. Members of...

Product of the month – Hydraulica 600 Curved

Our Product of the Month for August has been designed to put a smile on your face. It could be called a mood lifter as well as a glass lifter. The Hydraulica 600 Curved vacuum lifter holds curved glass. So, why the smile? In our estimation, it is almost impossible...

Thousands of windows + one mini crane = tallest skyscraper

It is the tallest skyscraper in the City of London, the second tallest building in Western Europe, and every window was installed using a mini crane supplied by Hird. 22 Bishopsgate has 62 storeys and is 278 metres, or 912 feet, tall. It could eventually be home to 12,000 workers...

Hird supports Travis Perkins with access and lift display

Hird is showcasing high quality powered access and lifting equipment available to Travis Perkins account customers. An aerial boom, scissor lift and material lifts are due to go on display at the Travis Perkins depot in Beverley, East Yorkshire, on Thursday 25 July 2019. Hird is working in partnership with...

Product of the Month – Genie GS3369 RT Scissor Lift

Fans of Top Gear may recall the famous test in which Jeremy Clarkson was chased in a Range-Rover by a British Army Challenger 2 tank. Well, we have another test for the new Top Gear team – what about a Genie GS3369 RT scissor lift vs a Challenger 2 tank?...

Hird delivers ‘perfect’ overhead glass lifting solution

When safety and productivity count for carrying out overhead glass installation, Hird’s GML 800+ Manipulator is becoming a go-to machine. This excellent short video of the counterbalance floor crane and glass lifter in action proves the point perfectly. Roof light and glazing installation specialist Vision AGI videoed one of their...

Restricted space no problem for spider crane at student flats

A Maeda spider crane provided by Hird has been used to install glazing in one of the last blocks in a major student accommodation development in Newcastle upon Tyne. The Maeda MC405 mini spider crane was combined with a Woods Powr-Grip MRT4 vacuum lifter to carry out the glass installation...