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Lifting and access just got easier – the new Hird Big Blue is here
It might not appear on Richard and Judy’s Best Reads – but, the latest edition of the Hird Big Blue will be top of the list for many lifting and powered access specifiers across the UK. The number one guide to Hird’s hire services, including spider cranes, pick and carry...
Cranes, spiders and vacuum lifters – Hird goes to Vertikal Days
Hird will have one of its biggest and most diverse range of equipment on display at Vertikal Days next month. Pick and carry cranes, specialist vacuum lifters and powered access platforms will be on show at what organisers bill as Europe’s biggest lifting event. A team of Hird experts will...
Product of the Month – Genie GS-3232 electric scissor lift
It is the electric slab scissor lift by which many others are judged – which is why the Genie GS-3232 is the Hird Product of the Month for April. Genie access platforms have become so common on construction sites, and so many other working at height settings, it is almost...
Hird crane expertise wins positive response at MRO Middle East
Events • Pick and Carry Cranes
A team of Hird lifting experts representing Manitex Valla has been pleased with the response from visitors to MRO Middle East in Dubai. Manitex Valla was one of 150 exhibitors at the two-day international exhibition for the global airline supply chain. More than 4,000 people visited the event at which...
Product of the Month – Winlet 400TL glazing robot
Glazing Robots • Product of the Month
Footballers love a double-barrelled name. They need to give both sides of the of the family a share of the fame, perhaps. Our March Product of the Month – Hird’s latest Winlet glazing robot – can go one better. Its name is triple-barrelled. At Hird, we have kept things simple,...
5 reasons Hird is the go-to counterbalance floor crane specialist
Counterbalance floor cranes, or material lifts as they are also called, are growing in popularity. Here at Hird we’d like to think we’re playing a part in making that happen. They have some particular advantages that make them extremely effective for lifting materials and equipment in some of the most...
Product of the Month – Valla V80R pick and carry crane
Sometimes you have to just have to step back and take a moment to appreciate the scale of the advantage a new piece of equipment gives you. That is certainly the case with our Product of the Month for February, the Valla V80R pick and carry crane. It is one...
Product of the Month – Genie Z-45 DC Rough Terrain Boom Lift
January is the perfect moment for our Product of the Month, the Genie Z-45 DC rough terrain electric boom lift. Because January, as we know, is all about making New Year’s resolutions (or not) and changing things for the better. So what better time to consider hiring an electric rough...