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Technical training underpins customer service
Having the right crane and vacuum lifter operator qualifications is essential for team members at Hird Group – and that also applies to those not actually expected to operate them. Customer support advisors Rebecca Clark and Amy Goldsmith have passed a series of accredited training courses since they started working...
Hird Group power helps create a Solar Gate for Hull
Hird Group has helped lift Hull’s spectacular new Solar Gate into position The 10-metre high steel sculpture was lifting into place as the sun rose over Queens Gardens in Hull city centre. It is one of a series of developments being overseen by Hull City Council in a £25m plan...
Product of The Month – Winlet 1000 glazing robot
If Neymar was something useful, he would be a Winlet 1000 glazing robot. One glaring difference. A glazing robot would not cost half a billion pounds (thank goodness for us). We’re being a bit controversial by suggesting that Brazilian ball kicker-arounder Neymar is not useful. But we are making a...
Secondary independent braking boost for Valla 25EL mini crane
The versatile Valla 25EL mini crane can now be hired or bought from Hird Group fitted with a new secondary front wheel brake system. Curtain wall and glass installers, in particular, have responded positively to the development, given the excellent productivity delivered by Valla pick and carry cranes for this...
Machinery moving expertise sows seed of success for cooker lift
A machinery moving team from Hird Group has carried out a tandem lift to install a new 72-tonne cooking vessel at a food processing plant. The contract lifting project has been completed for Cargill, at its site in Hull, East Yorkshire. A new rape seed cooking vessel was lifted into...
Product of the Month – Maeda MC815 mini crane
Mini Cranes • Product of the Month
To be a mini crane or not to be a mini crane? That is the question. To put it in a less Shakespearian way, can a mini crane be too big for its boots? Our Product of The Month for July is the Maeda MC815. It is the largest mini...
Winlet glazing robots – a glass installation game changer
Winlet glazing robots have been a major hit with glass lifting hire clients across the UK – and these images show why. The company using this Winlet 575 glazing robot has described it as a “gamechanger” in the curtain wall installation industry. It has been “amazed” by what the glass...
Old meets new as Hird Group mini crane works at Hull museum
It was a case of the ultra-modern meets the historical as a Hird Group mini crane and glass vacuum lifter went to work at the Streetlife Museum in Hull. A Maeda MC-174 tracked spider crane and an MRT4 glass vacuum lifter was used to install a new glass panel at the...