Product of the Month – Genie Z80/60 cherry picker
Construction projects Planned maintenance Multiple sectors Meanwhile, the platform’s reverse articulating secondary boom provides a maximum up and over clearance is 8.83m. At this working height, the boom’s horizontal reach of over 17m, allowing work to be carried on structures set back from obstacles that could include up to two-storey...
Product of the Month – OctoPlus 17 spider lift
Our Product of the Month for September is a new addition to our access platform hire fleet – the Oil&Steel OctoPlus 17 spider cherry picker. Indoor-outdoor working The Oil&Steel OctoPlus 17 spider lift is designed to be extremely compact in tracking mode. In fact, with its quick-release basket removed, it...
Product of the Month – Valla fork attachment
Not all loads are best lifted with a hook. So, our August Product of the Month is the Valla pick and carry crane fork attachment. This accessory adds an extra dimension to already powerful and versatile mini cranes to provide optimum lifting solutions in the most challenging spaces. The Valla...
Product of the Month – Secondary Safety Device
Our Product of the Month for July is the secondary safety device. A bit of an unusual one, this. We have showcased some of the most sophisticated lifting equipment available in the UK in past PoTM articles, including pick and carry cranes, spider cranes and glazing robots. But the secondary...
Product of the Month – Pop Up + low-level Personnel lift
As the late great Tina Turner put it: “Simply the Best!” Our Product of the Month for June, the Pop Up + low-level personnel lift, is proof that is the case. Because, when it comes to working at low level height, the Pop Up + is a proven powered access...
Product of the Month – GML Compact counterbalance floor crane
In the lifting world, the margin of difference between success and failure can sometimes be measures in millimetres. Single doorway Manual or powered lifting Once in position, both versions of the counterbalance floor crane can then be quickly configured for lifting. At this point, the GML-C is still only 1,530m...
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...
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,...