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Richard joins expanding crane and lifting sales team
Glazing Robots • Pick and Carry Cranes • Recruitment
Hird Ltd has boosted its cranes and lifting equipment sales team with the appointment of Richard Tomlinson as a National Sales Specialist. Richard has more than 30 years’ experience working in the plant hire, sales and construction sectors and will report to National Sales and After Sales Manager Carl Cooper....
Hird answers DIY SOS call to help Grenfell community
Equipment supplied by Hird Ltd has been used to complete the most ambitious ever DIY SOS challenge on behalf of the community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Hird responded instantly to a call for help from the BBC DIY SOS team, and had mini cranes on site in 48...
Product of the month – Hydraulica 3500 vacuum lifter
We all like a good view. But creating it in a modern building can be a weighty challenge – which is why our Product of the Month for September is the Hydraulica 3500 vacuum lifter. The Hydraulica 3500, manufactured by Kappel can lift sheets of non-porous material weighing up to...
Vacuum lifter booked in to exhibit prowess at new library
A vacuum lifter hired from Hird Ltd has played a key role in the installation of giant glass panels to create on the most distinctive libraries and exhibition venues in Wales. The DSZ2 was selected by glass installation specialists to lift the panels into position in the new County Library...
Spider crane makes light work of inside-out glass installation
A Maeda spider crane hired from Hird Ltd is being used to carry out inside-out glass lifting at one of the South West’s most popular retail destinations. The MC405 tracked mini crane, combined with a P11104 vacuum lifter, is being used to install glass in the new Next superstore at...
Product of the Month – Maeda MC174 spider crane
Mini Cranes • Product of the Month
It is the spider crane that, arguably, does more than any other spider crane to demonstrate what spider cranes are all about. Our Product of the Month for July is the Maeda MC174. As mini cranes go, this is micro-mini. But not in terms of its lifting power. That is...
Seeing is believing with advances in glass installation
Structural glass – ubiquitous in office and high-rise residential developments in big cities – is now being used on a wide range of less high-profile but structurally innovative residential projects. The strength needed, as well as the need for excellent acoustic, solar, thermal, and security performance, means that as glass...
Disabled pensioner gets a new life with a big lift
A disabled and vulnerable pensioner who was hounded out of his house by vandals has a safe place to live with a little help from the lifting team at Hird Group. Gordon Ross had the chance of a new home in a static caravan in his nephew’s garden in Hull,...