Hird expands mini crane rental fleet with new UNIC 706s
Lifting and powered access specialist Hird has expanded its mini crane rental fleet with the addition of two new UNIC 706 spider cranes. The Hull-based company has invested in the larger mini cranes due to growing demands on its mini crane hire service. Hird Managing Director Phil Hird said: “We’re...
Innovation and investment make Hird a major force in glass lifting
Glass Lifting • Glazing Robots • Mini Cranes • Operator-Training • Training • Vacuum Glass Lifters
Hird is becoming a major force in glass lifting in the UK thanks to significant investment in equipment over the first six months of 2014 – including the most advanced glazing robots on the market. The mini crane, glass handling and powered access specialist has invested £1.1m on expanding its...
Restoration Man calls in Hird man to lift window at water tower
In the media • Mini Cranes • Spider Cranes
Hird has been called in to help architect George Clarke – better known as The Restoration Man on Channel 4’s hit home development show – with one of his latest TV projects. He was helping turn a large disused water tower in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, into a luxury home, and...
Strong interest in 3B6 and mini cranes at Vertikal Days
Events • Hird News • Pick and Carry Cranes
Hird experienced strong interest in a variety of mini cranes and in its 3B6 load monitoring systems at Vertikal Days. The positive response from visitors at the lifting and access trade event at Haydock Park on Merseyside on 14 and 15 of May mirrors growing confidence in a recovering UK...
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...
Spider crane hire – mini cranes for limited access and confined space
If you want a mini crane with great lifting power that is compact enough to be used in confined spaces and taken across rough terrain, spider crane hire from Hird is the option to consider. Spider cranes are “little” marvels – bearing in mind they are available in different sizes...
Hird helps create a mini crane celebrity challenge on The One Show
One of Hird’s mini cranes has been seen by millions of viewers on the BBC One Show – with TV and radio celebrity Paul O’Grady at the controls lifting a ferry across the Mersey. The show’s producers asked Hird to help them give Paul a celebrity mini crane lifting challenge...
Focus on UNIC spider cranes – the versatile lifting solution
The manufacturer calls them the most compact mini cranes in the world, and you can see why. To the untrained eye, UNIC spider cranes look like they should not be able to do what they do. But day in and day out the machines in our UNIC spider crane hire...