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Product of the month – Angled forklift attachment
We provide our customers with some of the most sophisticated lifting equipment in the world. But we also appreciate a simple solution when we see one, which is precisely why the Angled Forklift Attachment is in our hire fleet. This piece of equipment can be quickly and easily attached to...
Hull based training business finalist for National safety achievement award
Hull based training provider Hird has beaten stiff competition to be shortlisted as a finalist for the RTITB Partner Achievement Award 2016. Only 20 training providers from across the UK were selected as finalists out of nearly 450 eligible work place transport training companies. Hird was shortlisted following an assessment...
Product of the Month – Hinowa 23.12 IIIS
Most of us have heard the saying – Keep it Simple Stupid – well Hinowa took it to heart when designing its 23.12 IIIS tracked spider boom, which is a popular machine in the Hird access platform hire fleet. The KISS Principle and was championed in the US Navy in...
Winlet telehandler attachment wows the Executive Hire Show
The Winlet 350 TH telehandler attachment – the glazing robot that leaves the competition far behind on the ground – has wowed visitors to the Executive Hire Show. Hire companies and plant manufacturers have spent the first day of the show at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry praising the new...
Hird-inspired GML 800+ generates interest across Europe
A ground-breaking counterbalance floor crane developed according to specifications drawn up by Hird is on its way to the UK. The GML 800+ sets new performance standards, with the ability to lift glass panels weighing up to 800kg – even overhead. The counterbalance floor crane has been developed by leading...
Product of the Month – Grove GMK 3050 mobile crane
Crane Hire • Product of the Month
Hird has a strong reputation for its mini cranes, thanks to its pick and carry crane hire and spider crane hire services. However, it can also offer some big lift power through larger mobile crane hire options – and Hird’s Grove GMK 3050 is a case in point. We’re featuring...
Winlet has glass lifting power at Battersea development
Glass installers at the landmark Battersea Power station development site are winning health and safety plaudits for their use of a Winlet glazing robot on hire from Hird. Our pioneering Winlet 575 glazing robot is being used to install glass panels as part of Phase 1 works at the site...
Fin vacuum lifter rises to challenge at City of London tower
Hird’s unique fin lifter has been demonstrating its capabilities in a project to vacuum lift large sections of structural glass at an office block refurbishment project in the City of London. The specialist vacuum lifter has been used to install glass panels over 6 metres long as part of a...