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Product of the Month – Haulotte Star 10 Personnel Boom
Hird News • Product of the Month
It was one of the most iconic TV adverts of the 1980s. And our Product of the Month for July, the Haulotte Star 10 Personnel Boom, brought it to straight back to mind. Remember the little tin alien explaining to his mates about how humans first peel and then smash...
Maeda mini cranes lift eyes at two major London buildings
One location is the home of towering up and unders, the other of London’s towering sky scrapers – and both have been making good use of Maeda mini crane lifting power delivered by Hird Group. Building contractors are continuing to turn to Hird for mini crane hire in the capital...
6 reasons glazing companies love Winlet glazing robots
It is not often that a glass lifting machine will impress so much that people just stand and stare. But that is certainly the case with Winlet glazing robots. The little green machines are building a big reputation, and drawing admiring looks, wherever they are used to lift glass, or...
Hird wastes no time overcoming tandem lift challenge
Hird Group has completed a challenging two-stage tandem lift to install two recycling machines, each one 15 metres long and weighing 32 tonnes. Working for Stadler UK Ltd, Hird has used large city cranes to install the trommels – plastic sorting machines – at a waste disposal site on the...
Valla and Elebia take lifting productivity to the next level
Hird Group teamed up with global crane hook manufacturer Elebia at Vertikal Days 2018 to demonstrate how automatic hook technology and Valla compact cranes can be a perfect match. A Manitex Valla 22E pick and carry crane was fitted with an Elebia evo2 hook to show the additional flexibility and...
Product of the Month – Winlet 785 Glazing Robot
Glazing Robots • Product of the Month
The Festival of Britain in 1951 was heralded as a “beacon of change”. So, it is perfectly apt that Winlet glazing robots supplied by Hird Group are working on the site of the famous festival to create innovative living space fit for the 21st Century. We have chosen the Winlet...
Tree-mendous! How did they get that tree in there?
Contract Lifting • Spider Cranes
If you want to plant a 1.3 tonne tree in a giant pot that is up a flight of steps, through three double doors, and across a courtyard that has a low weight load suspended floor who are you going to call? That was the challenge facing a leading corporate...