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Product of the Month – Niftylift HeightRider 21 4×4 (AWD)

These three things we know to be true about our Product of the Month for April. You can have your cake and eat it. Cake is good for you. There is a cherry on top, possibly even two. No, our Product of the Month is not a Mary Berry recipe....

Training focus – A40 Slinger Signaller Novice Course

A slinger signaller is one of the most important roles in the lifting industry and is critical to keeping people safe on construction sites. That is why our Training Course Focus for March is the A40 Slinger Signaller Novice Course, including CPCS Technical Test. The training qualifies candidates to act...

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...

Product of the Month – Hinowa Lightlift 26.14 Performance IIIS

Here are some words our clients use to describe our Product of the Month for March – ‘productive’, ‘very safe’, ‘smooth’, ‘precise’, and ‘phenomenal’. They are all describing the Hinowa Lightlift 26.14 Performance IIIS tracked spider boom. Platforms supplied by the Italian manufacturer are among the most popular articulating spider...

Hird flies Manitex Valla aviation crane message to Dubai expo

A team from Hird is jetting to the Middle East to promote Manitex Valla aviation maintenance cranes at a major maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) exhibition in Dubai. More than 5,000 people involved in the MRO industry are due to attend MRO Middle East which includes an exhibition at the Dubai...

Product of the Month – Valla 22E plus fly jib

It’s time to give the limitations on what we think a mini crane can do the chop. Because our Product of the Month for February is the Valla 22E pick and carry crane with fly jib. Take a tip from the late great Bruce Lee. “If you always put limits...

Hird training focus: Crane Lifting Operations Supervisor

Carrying out crane lifting is one of the most complex and potentially risky tasks that can be carried out on a work site. That is why having the right crane lifting training is so important. Hird’s Crane Lifting Operations Supervisor Novice (A62) course gives delegates the opportunity to gain a...

Here’s the weather – on the hook of a Hird mobile crane

Visitors to Hull’s historical docks are getting their weather reports as light and sound show thanks to mobile crane technology provided by Hird. The lifting and powered access specialist, based close to the docks, was asked to lift an art installation into Prince’s Dock for a maritime festival. The Oracle,...