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Thousands of windows + one mini crane = tallest skyscraper
Glass Lifting • Mini Cranes • Vacuum Glass Lifters
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...
Spider crane helps futuristic farmers go up in the world
A tracked spider crane supplied by Hird has been used to help develop the farm of the future. The Maeda MC405 mini crane was one of the only cranes in the UK compact enough to be operated inside the high-tech hydroponic centre. The spider crane was needed to lift and...
Product of the Month – MRTA8 vacuum lifter
Glass Lifting • Product of the Month
We all like to talk in extremes – the smallest, the biggest, the heaviest. But spare a thought for the stuff that’s somewhere in the middle. We all like to talk in extremes – the smallest, the biggest, the heaviest. But spare a thought for the stuff that’s somewhere in...
Hird trio become Dirgers for health charity
Three Hird colleagues have completed a trek across the North Yorkshire Moors in aid of a charity supporting research into cancer, heart disease and dementia. Richard Tomlinson, Gavin Rymer and Richard Christiansen, pictured left to right, went on the 40-mile Lyke Wake Walk, raising £1,835 in sponsorship for the Daisy...