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Product of the Month – IPAF powered access training
It’s great to have the most modern, capable and best-maintained access platforms. But you still have to know how to use them safely and effectively. Which is why our Product of the Month for October is our IPAF powered access training courses. By courses, we don’t just mean what’s contained...
Glazing robot’s six wheels come to the aid of two-wheelers
The power and versatility of the Hird glazing robot used to install glass in a motorbike showroom had more in common with the two-wheeled machines on display than you might think. A glass installation specialist used the Winlet 785 glazing robot on hire from Hird to fit the 280kg glass...
GML800+ Manipulator – anatomy of an industry leader
It’s good when a bright idea comes to fruition. Even better when it becomes a class-leading lifting machine. That’s certainly the case with the GML800+ Manipulator. Hird has worked closely with German lifting equipment manufacturer to conceive, design and develop its GML counterbalance floor crane range. Much of its performance...
Product of the month – MFC750K counterbalance floor crane
Counterbalance Floor Cranes • Product of the Month
We’re living and working in an ever more sophisticated world. Yet Hird’s MFC750K counterbalance floor crane shows that adding ever more gizmos is not always a good idea. The mini floor crane (hence MFC) is our Product of the Month for September 2019. Leading on mini crane design We’re pleased...
Mini crane lift allows tourists to ‘boulder-ly go’ up giant rock
Contract Lifting • Mini Cranes
Thousands of tourists can take steps to enjoy one of the Lake District’s most popular – and most mysterious – attractions thanks to the skills of the Hird contract lifting team. Hird has assisted architectural and sculptural metalworkers CB Arts to install a new ladder on the Bowder Stone, a...
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...