One of Peter Hird and Sons Ltd’s most popular pick and carry cranes is the Valla 20E. The mini crane is available to Hirds customers in three configurations – the 20E is an electric powered crane with non marking tyres, the 20E TRX is also electric, however the machine is on tracks and the 20D TRX is a diesel powered mini crane, also on tracks. The versatility of the Valla 20E pick and carry crane series means that our mini crane hire customers can work in any environment, whether it be inside using one of the fume free electric cranes in confined spaces, or using the rough terrain diesel crane outside on uneven ground. The 20E mini cranes, along with all other Valla models, are ideal machines for glass lifting when used in conjunction with any of the Hirds range of vacuum glass lifters, such as the MT2, MRTA6, P11104, and the MRT4. Each of the Hirds 20E pick and carry...

UK based rental company Peter Hird & Son has appointed two new directors to its board, Carl Norfolk and John Wilding. Both appointments are effective as of the 3rd January. Norfolk who has been in the lifting industry for over 30 years, joined Hirds from Sangwin Plant Hire, since when he has managed the company’s contract lifting and machine moving division. He has, says the company, “played a pivotal role in helping modernise the techniques used and develop this side of the business with rapid results.” Wilding joined Hirds in 2010 and has been the driving force behind the company’s expansion into the South of England, The company said: “John has been at the forefront of the opening in 2010 of the company’s Southern branch allowing us to service large projects like the Shard building and Olympic development expansion plans, we would like to wish them every success...

Hird Training has been delivering health & safety training courses for local and national companies for over 25 years. At the head of the training department of the Hull based company is Training Manager, Richard Dainty. Arriving at Hirds in June 2008, Richard previously spent 14 years in the Army, serving in places such as Northern Ireland and Bosnia, before going on to work as a Training Manager at a forklift company. Richard says he has got some exciting plans for developing Hird Training, which are already underway: “Hird Training delivers courses accredited under RTITB, IPAF, PASMA, CPCS and NPORS. We have also just become an accredited NPORS (National Plant Operators Registration Scheme) centre, as my colleague Tony Armitage and I have qualified as NPORS instructors. “Over the next 12 to 18 months, the Hird safety training team, will be looking at increasing the...

Allan Hemmings, retiring managing director of Peter Hird & Sons has completed his final work day on Friday with a large send–off on Friday evening attended by all of Hird’s employees. Now aged a very youthful 67, Hemmings handed over to Philip Hird after 18 years with the company, having joined from PTP Platforms in 1993. Hird said: Allan has played a major role in the business from day one, helping us to expand our powered access fleet to the strength we have today. It has been an honour for everyone at Hirds to have worked with him and he will be greatly missed. We would like to wish him all the best for his retirement along with a Big thank you for the commitment and service he has offered us over the years. I am looking forward to taking over the day-to-day running of the business and hope that I can follow in the footsteps of Allan.” Vertikal Comment: Click to see...

Leading pick and carry crane manufacturer, Valla Spa, has released a new model – the Valla 120EVO – the latest in a long history of cranes to be released by the company. The Valla 120EVO has been designed and built as part of the company’s commitment to renewing and updating the existing models Valla has to offer. The 120EVO is more compact than the previous 12ton models with an overall width of 1950mm against the previous unit being 2100mm. Its length has reduced to 4060mm with a total height of 1990mm making it an excellent mini crane with 12,000kgs capacity. Valla has taken the chance to upgrade this model significantly with the main boom now resting in a position that a fixed hook is almost touching the ground. They also offer an internally located winch option, where as before this would be fixed externally onto the boom. The 120EVO uses a hydraulic and sequential boom...

As members of Team Humber Marine Alliance, Peter Hird and Sons is celebrating after being made the front page star of ‘THMAIL’, the representative body’s December newsletter! click here to view issue 6 of THMAIL The front page picture shows a UNIC mini crane in use at the ‘Shard’ – which upon completion will be Europe’s tallest building at 1,017ft. Hirds’ southern depot supplied the Shard project with a full glazing and mini crane package for the internal work. The pick & carry crane and glass handling specialists are now supplying first phase powered access for hire, supplying machines such as the Manitou 180ATJ boom lift. Team Humber Marine Alliance represents more than 100 innovative companies that offer wide-ranging capabilities in six key sectors, enabling the delivery of high quality services to UK and International markets. For more information please...

Peter Hird and Sons’ range of pick and carry cranes is available for hire throughout the UK and Ireland. Hirds pick and carry cranes are used to lift, transport and place loads of up to 25,000 kg in weight. Hirds stocks the popular Valla range of pick and carry cranes, with models including the 20E, 20E TRX, 20D TRX, 25E, 35E, 35D TRX, 50E, 75E, 90E, 120E, 180E and the 250E A number of the valla cranes have non marking tyres so are suitable for indoor use, whilst other valla models are tracked, so can be used on rough surfaces. Some of the smaller cranes are less than a metre in width, so are ideally suited to fitting through most doorways and working in tight areas. Most of the Valla range on offer operate fume free , so again, are ideal for indoor use. Power supply options on the valla range include electric pick and carry cranes, diesel pick and carry cranes and LPG...