UNIC spider cranes
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...
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...
Spider cranes – the mini crane that will put a smile on your face
Introducing the ‘little and large’ duo of the spider crane market – but the UNIC URW 094 and the UNIC URW 706 spider cranes will do more than put a smile on your face. The two machines represent the smallest and largest spider cranes in the Hird spider crane hire...
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...