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Night-time bridge building reveals enlightened lifting operation
Construction workers have used a tracked pick and carry crane supplied by Hird to install the balustrade railing along a major new road bridge. The Valla 20E TRX mini crane played a crucial role in completing the installation process along the bridge taking the A14 over the River Ouse. Our...
Hird crane experts bound for Kuwait Aviation Show 2020
Events • Pick and Carry Cranes
Crane sales specialist Hird is travelling to the Kuwait Aviation Show 2020 on 15-18 January to demonstrate the benefits of Manitex Valla cranes for aircraft maintenance. Its technical sales team will be on hand to explain how the pick and carry cranes provide a compelling alternative to overhead crane systems...
UK gets first look at “futuristic” new Valla crane at Vertikal
Events • Glazing Robots • Pick and Carry Cranes
Hird is putting Manitex Valla’s latest pick and carry crane on display for the first time in the UK at Vertikal Days. The Valla 70R electric industrial crane is fully wireless remote-controlled and has been designed to set new standards of flexible lifting in confined space. It will be displayed...
Hird has the power to lift transformer in tightest spot
Contract Lifting • Pick and Carry Cranes
Pick and carry cranes are known for their excellent performance in confined spaces – and sometimes a lifting project comes along that tests this to the limit. That was certainly the case when Hird was commissioned to lift a 2.5 tonne transformer into position down a fully-enclosed alley in the...
Raise a glass to perfect brewery tandem crane lift
Contract Lifting • Pick and Carry Cranes
A lifting team from Hird has installed three tanks at a new brewery in Kent by carrying out tandem lifts with Valla pick and carry cranes. The machinery moving project was completed in just one day at the brewery being built in the centre of Ashford. A Valla 120E mini...
Product of the Month – Valla 90E pick and carry crane
Pick and Carry Cranes • Product of the Month
Everyone likes a super hero with special powers, don’t they? That’s why our Product of the Month for November is the Valla 90E pick and carry crane. The Valla 90E is no lightweight. However, when you consider that it can lift a maximum of 9 tonnes, yet is just 1.73...
Product of the Month – Valla 120ES pick and carry crane
Pick and Carry Cranes • Product of the Month
To be a mini crane or not to be a mini crane, that is the question. For our Product of the Month for October, the mighty Valla 120ES pick and carry crane. We have gone out on a limb with some unusual connections here at Hird. Comparing a vacuum lifter...
Richard joins expanding crane and lifting sales team
Glazing Robots • Pick and Carry Cranes • Recruitment
Hird Ltd has boosted its cranes and lifting equipment sales team with the appointment of Richard Tomlinson as a National Sales Specialist. Richard has more than 30 years’ experience working in the plant hire, sales and construction sectors and will report to National Sales and After Sales Manager Carl Cooper....