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Severe weather – important advice about vacuum lifters
As severe weather continues to be a problem across large parts of the UK, Hird Group is issuing urgent advice on the use of vacuum lifters in extremely cold conditions. Hird advises that vacuum lifters should not be operated in temperatures below zero degrees Centigrade. John Wilding, Hird Director, said:...
Hird lifts glass handling to new level with Intelli-Grip
Hird has become one of the first lifting equipment hire specialists in the UK to offer what is being billed as a “quantum leap” in vacuum lifter safety. The company can now fit vacuum lifters with Woods Powr-Grip new computer-operated control system, called Intelli-Grip. Intelli-Grip is designed to prevent human...
Hird announces new machines for Executive Hire Show
Glass lifting, mini crane and powered access specialist Hird has revealed more of the machines its team will be showcasing at the Executive Hire Show in February. Hird had already announced that the brand new Wienold MFC750 mini floor crane would be on public display for the first time in...
New Hird floor crane delivers performance double
Hird is giving its materials lifting customers two new industry-leading mini floor cranes in one with the Wienold MFC750. It goes on show in the UK for the first time at the Executive Hire Show taking place at the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry, on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 February...
Product of the Month – Wienold MFC 750K and Ks
It’s not often that an industry-leading mini floor crane comes along – and then two come along at once. Literally. That’s because our new Wienold MFC 750K mini floor crane is also the Wienold MFC 750Ks mini floor crane. Bear with us. We can explain. This is our Product of...
Vacuum lifters help protect homes with new glass flood wall
Vacuum lifters supplied by Hird have been used to lift into place hundreds of panels that create the UK’s longest glass flood wall. The glass lifters were used to construct the glass flood wall at the village of Paull, East Yorkshire, to protect it from high tides along the Humber...
6 vacuum lifters our customers love about our glass lifter hire service
Can you love vacuum lifters? No harm starting a news item about the Hird glass lifter hire service with what seems to be a daft question. But if the vacuum lifter is one that makes glass installation easier than before. A vacuum lifter that increases productivity. And a piece of...
Hird’s glass lifting expertise airs on Channel 4
In July 2014, we brought you a sneak preview of how Hird helped a Yorkshire couple realised their dream of restoring a brick Pannal Water tower into a five-storey home. Their project was being filmed for Channel 4’s Restoration Man – George Clarke’s series helping to rescue neglected architectural treasures...