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40 years of Hird – the lifting team that won’t let you down

Hird is marking 40 years in business – and four decades of development that has seen it transformed from a machinery moving contractor to one of the most diverse and successful lifting specialists in the UK. Trusted judgment Phil Hird, Peter Hird Snr’s son and the company’s Managing Director, said:...

Hird beefs up mini crane hire fleet with Valla 250E

It’s always the big question – beef or turkey? Well, Hird has gone for beef! We’re talking, of course, about what’s going to be the centre piece on the Christmas dinner table. In this case, we’re also talking about Hird beefing up its pick and carry crane hire fleet in...

Product of the Month 2022 Roundup

As we’re about to fall off the edge of 2022 into the warm fluffiness of 2023 (some hope) it’s time for us to do a quick roundup of all the Hird Products of the Month over the last 12 months. It has been a highly varied year, in line with...

Product of the Month – Genie S-60 FE

You know who your real pals are – the ones who’ll be first to offer help, and will still be there at the end, until a problem’s fully sorted. It’s a definition that could easily apply to our last Product of the Month for 2022, the Genie S-60 FE telescopic...

HSE praises Winlet glazing robots in safety campaign

The Health and Safety Executive, the UK’s health and safety regulator, has praised a Hird customer’s use of a Winlet glazing robot as an example of “good planning and use of handling aids”. An HSE inspector witnessed the Winlet 575 glazing robot in action during a construction site inspection in...

Product of the Month – Valla V210R pick and carry crane

Ultra-compact design A key attribute of the Valla V210R is its compactness. It is just 4490mm long – an Audi A4 car is longer – and 1980mm wide. It is both shorter and narrower than a Valla 180 ES mini crane (L: 4690mm, W: 2200mm) which has a max SWL...

Mobile crane team backs digester membrane installation

A Hird contract lifting team has used the company’s 100t mobile crane to help a client replace a defective gas holding membrane at its anaerobic digestion plant. The Grove GMK400L mobile crane lifted a ruptured membrane from the roof of a gas holding tank, then supported the client’s installation team...

‘Hirdy Boys’ sprint to glory in seafront Soapbox Challenge

Then came a strategic switch. “We realised no one else in the team was fast enough to keep up and push, which would have made us faster,” said Craig. “So Paul got in the hot seat for the last two runs and I pushed.” That moment of technical inspiration (eat...