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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,...
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...