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First look at the Maeda MC-815 mini crane

Hird was the first company in the world to place an order for the new Maeda MC-815 mini crane – and here’s the first chance to get a good look at what we have bought. It is the largest tracked mini crane ever built by Maeda – and takes spider...

Busy start to Vertikal Days for Hird team

The Hird mini crane and materials lifting hire and sales teams have been at Vertikal Days this morning – and are reporting strong interest in its wide range of lifting machines. Even the weather at Haydock Park cheered up during the morning as Hird showed off the latest and best mini crane and...

Product of the month – Maeda MC305-2

Our Product of the Month for June – the mighty Maeda MC305-2 crawler spider crane – delivers on a challenge that is increasingly important for our clients. In today’s modern worksite – whether that is a construction site or an industrial one – being able to complete tasks while causing...

Up, up and installed with the GML800+ counterbalance floor crane

Hird had the ideal glass lifting hire option when a client needed to replace a glass panel on an entrance canopy. The GML800+ counterbalance floor crane fitted with a GML overhead glass manipulator vacuum lifter made light work of the job, in Northwood, West London. Access to the work area...

Glazing robot hire – get the Winlet Wow Factor!

Glazing robot hire customers get a two for one offer on glass lifting innovation from Winlet that continues to drive the popularity of these amazing machines. That’s because they offer two key innovative features that make the glazing robots truly ground-breaking in terms of their design and capability. Hird is...

Valla 90E – great lifting power with slim-line performance

The Valla 90E pick and carry crane is one of the larger machines in our mini crane hire fleet – as such it has excellent lifting capacity despite its small crane size. We’ve selected the compact crane as the Product of the Month for May to highlight the many features...

Get under the skin of a world beating glazing robot

It’s time to take a closer look at the workings of a world beater – with our Anatomy of a Glazing Robot. Hird has created the interactive feature so people can really understand how the Winlet 575 glazing robot works, and why it is a game changer in the world...

Hird delivers super-heavy lift solution for Nova Victoria

Hird is helping make one of the largest and most exciting developments become reality by supplying a super-heavy Brutus vacuum lifter and mini spider crane to Nova Victoria. The excellent vacuum lifter and mini crane hire combination was the perfect solution to install the 1.5 tonne glass panels for the...