Hird ready to showcase 3B6 load monitoring systems at Vertikal Days
Hird News • Pick and Carry Cranes
Hird will be showcasing the major advantages of 3B6 load monitoring systems at Vertikal Days on Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th of May. 3B6 load systems are installed by many of the world’s leading mini crane and materials handling machine manufacturers, including Valla pick and carry mini cranes, CVS Ferrari...
Valla 25EL mini crane gives Liftout lift off at London Heathrow
Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
Leading escalator and lift installers and removal specialists Liftout have complete their first project with a Valla 25EL mini crane supplied by Hird – and say they have been very impressed with its performance. Liftout bought the pick and carry crane to install 10 new escalators in Terminal 5 at...
Valla Cranes delivers bespoke mini crane with unrivalled flexibility
Valla Cranes has provided Hird with a special version of one of its most versatile mini cranes – demonstrating its ability to develop bespoke lifting solutions. The 18 tonne capacity Valla 180ES mini crane is based on the Valla 180E – and is now available in Hird’s pick and carry...
Hird supplies Valla mini crane to lift specialist
Pictured: Liftout Project Manager John Bostock accepts delivery of the new Valla 25EL DC mini crane from Carl Cooper. Hird has sold an electric Valla mini crane to lift installation and lift removal specialists Liftout. The company said it was impressed with Valla mini cranes because of the quality of...
Valla mini cranes – it’s the load that’s heavy not the crane
Hird News • Pick and Carry Cranes
You want to lift a big heavy load, so you need a big heavy crane, right? Wrong! Valla mini cranes are designed to work in modern environments where the work to load ratio is an increasingly critical issue. Valla pick and carry cranes are designed to be as light as...
Mini cranes – flexible solution for factory lifts
Hird News • Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
An increasing number of manufacturers are seeing the benefits of using mini cranes in factories. A pick and carry crane can be designed to lift and carry a load then placing it precisely where you want it to go. With modern industrial processes, where manufacturing complexity is increasing, a pick...
Valla Pick and Carry Cranes in the Petro Chemical sector
Hird News • Pick and Carry Cranes
Hird has supplied a Valla 120D pick and carry crane to Shell Ireland for maintenance work within a new gas plant. Valla pick and carry cranes offer maintenance and lifting solutions that are not always taken into account by project managers or engineers, who are not always aware of the...
Mini cranes – helping to lift construction out of recession
Hird News • Mini Cranes • Pick and Carry Cranes
As the construction industry picks itself up after one of the UK’s deepest recessions, it is looking for more efficient, effective and affordable working practices, and mini cranes are playing a part, says Hird’s Carl Cooper. “Mini cranes are already helping give construction a lift,” he says. “In more ways...