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Product of the Month – Valla V60R pick and carry crane
It is often considered not much fun to be a piggy in the middle – unless the piggy is Hird’s Valla V60R pick and carry crane. In terms of progression of lifting capacities, our first Product of the Month for 2026 sits right in the middle of our Valla mini...
Product of the Month 2025 Roundup
Higher, smarter and safer We’ve just realised, we’re days away from being a quarter of the way through the century. Here, though, we’ll focus on just the last 12 months, with our Product of the Month Round-up for 2025. Featuring equipment and services that have allowed our customers to lift,...
Meticulous planning prepares way for hospital machinery moving lift
A machinery moving team from Hird has lifted a vital piece of equipment into a machine room at an acute hospital following meticulous planning to ensure emergency helicopters could still land. The project could only go ahead after Hird also confirmed its mobile crane could be positioned away from the...
Hird’s modern lifting technology supports return of heritage crane to Hull
Contract Lifting • Machine Moving
Hird has used its modern crane technology to help restore and reinstall a crane from the past in the company’s home town, preserving important industrial heritage for generations to come. One of Hird’s mobile cranes lifted sections of Hull’s last remaining Scotch derrick into place at the North End Shipyard,...
Product of the Month – Machinery Moving
Christmas is the time for giving and sharing. It’s also the time for moving. Which is why our December Product of the Month is Machinery Moving. Why moving? Well, Hird’s machinery moving teams have helped multiple food manufacturers prepare their production lines, of the last 12 months or so, to...
Five in five – the depot that’s central to access and lifting service
There are hire service depots that supply one type of machinery and one service – then there is Hird’s Central Depot! Serving large parts of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the East Midlands, it delivers an extraordinary range of hire services, backed by equally impressive expertise. Customers in Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Wakefield,...
Christmas has lift-off at hospice – or is that lift in!
Hird lifting and powered access teams have helped install a giant Christmas tree at Dove House Hospice and festoon it with festive lights. Low-emissions power Hird equipment hire and lifting Talk to Hird about access hire and crane lifting services, available across the UK via our regional operational centres. Email:...
Product of the Month – materials and equipment tracked carriers
In some ways, the more developed our country becomes, the more we have to push back the boundaries of working in the wild. That is just why our Product of the Month for November is very popular. It is proving ideal for transporting telecommunications equipment across open land to isolated mast sites. It is a...