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Product of the Month – Grove GMK 3050 mobile crane

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...

Hird Product of The Month – Genie GS-4047 Electric Scissor Lift

If you need to get up high to work but want to flexibility of using a scissor lift that is both compact and highly manoeuvrable, we suggest you select the Genie GS-4047 from our scissor lift hire fleet. We’re featuring this powered access platform as our Product of The Month...

8-point vacuum lifter test gives Hird customers performance and safety assurance

Vacuum lifters hired from Hird perform vital and exacting glass lifting tasks. Our clients also, quite rightly, expect them to give reliable service. That is why, every time they are hired and brought back to our depots from a lifting project, they undergo our 8-point vacuum lifter testing proceedure. One...

Virgin Atlantic heralds new era in aircraft maintenance with Valla mini crane

Virgin Atlantic Airways says it is bringing lifting and crane use for aircraft maintenance into the 21st Century with a unique Valla mini crane supplied by Hird. The airline says the acquisition of the Valla 1725 48ES 22-tonne DC electric mini crane, via specialist equipment supplier Rushlift, significantly improves its...

Product of The Month – DSZ3 Slimline vacuum lifter

Product of The Month for November is our new DSZ3 Slimline vacuum lifter – an innovative piece of equipment that is compact, but has an impressive lifting capacity. The DSZ3 Slimline, supplied by Kappel, has the latest design features that meet current trends in glass installation, including the increasing use...

Hird selected as finalist in Construction News Specialists Awards 2016

Hird has been named as a finalist in the Construction News Specialists Awards 2016. The company has been selected in the Equipment Supplier of the Year category of the prestigious business awards, based on a submission about the development of its glass lifting service over the last 12 months. Hird...