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Product of the Month – Valla V180RC pick and carry crane
Powerful mini crane Ultimate flexibility This provides the crane operator with ultimate flexibility. They can get right up close to the load, or stand anywhere else they choose, to control the lift in the safest and most productive manner. Or, if it is raining, they can sit in the cab....
New 22m electric scissor lift joins Hird hire fleet
Powered access hire specialist Hird has added Dingli’s narrow aisle large electric scissor lift – with a working height of 22 metres to its hire fleet. The Dingli JCPT2212DC scissor lift is an ideal platform rental option for large structure fit-out projects, for example working in new warehouse developments. It...
Product of the Month – Winlet 375 glazing robot
A lifting device that replaces the human hand must be pretty impressive, which is why our Product of the Month for February is the Winlet 375 glazing robot. Exceptional advantages The Winlet 375 defines this advance in glass lifting technology – allowing glass to be installed more productively (including by...
Hird to showcase kit to diversify rental offers at hire show
Mini crane, glass lifting, materials moving and powered access sales specialist Hird will be displaying exciting equipment options at the Executive Hire Show for diversifying rental fleets. All the kit selected delivers solutions to current challenges, including boosting productivity with smaller operational teams, meeting ever more stringent safety standards and...
Product of the Month – glass vacuum lifters
We’ve got a feeling we’re biting off more than we can chew with our first Product of the Month for 2024 – because it’s ALL our glass vacuum lifters. January is the month for tightening the belt, isn’t it? And we’re presenting you with a festive feast (at least a...
Product of the Month 2023 Roundup
Well, that was quite a year! As the giant pick and carry crane of past achievements loads 2023 into the hopper of history and we look forward to driving across the blank page of possibilities that is 2024 (with non-marking tyres, of course), it is time, once again, to do...
Product of the Month – Machinery Moving
A festive memory came to mind when considering our Product of the Month for December – Machinery Moving. Remember, before computer games, every Christmas stocking would include a fiendish puzzle? With a tiny silver ball that had to be guided along a shallow channel and through umpteen holes the equivalent...
HSE praises Hird’s glazing robots and spider cranes – again!
Winlet glazing robots and tracked spider cranes have been praised by the UK’s health and safety regulator as it implements a campaign to urge construction workers to take care with materials handing. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published a picture of a Winlet glazing robot supplied by Hird as...