Modern glazing has outgrown manual handling. Gable glazing, oversized sliding doors and structural rooflights are too big and too heavy to carry through a building, and too valuable to risk on improvised lifts. Our HIAB vehicles deliver the glass and lift it to the opening, over the building for rooflights, or to upper floors where reach and weight allow.
We plan each glass movement around panel sizes, weights, the stillage or frame it ships in and where the vehicle can safely stand.
In this time we’ve learnt a lot about providing a premium service to each one of our clients, helping to make sure HTF Transport are the first choice for many all over the UK.
Take a look at our range of HIAB’s here. We can provide the right vehicle for almost any job, whatever size.
We provide round the clock service to support clients at any time we are needed, making sure the HIAB hire process is as smooth as possible.
All of our vehicles are ADR compliant, giving you peace of mind when transporting any dangerous or hazardous with us.
We have an easy to use calculator which finds the ideal HIAB for the job, to start choose what kind of job you need the HIAB for.
For more information on glass transport and lifting, please get in touch.
Yes, subject to panel weight and crane reach. Rooflights are lifted over the building and panels can be presented to upper-floor openings where the geometry works.
In stillages, A-frames or the crates it ships in, strapped and secured for transport. We confirm the stillage type when you book so the right vehicle and lifting arrangement are used.
No, we deliver and lift. Your glazing team handles final positioning, sealing and fitting, and we time the lift around them so the panel goes from vehicle to opening in one movement.
Glass lifts are wind-sensitive, so the operator assesses conditions on the day and lifts only when it is safe. We plan dates with that in mind and rearrange promptly if the weather refuses to cooperate.
Panel dimensions, weights and quantities, how the glass is packed, both addresses and where the panels need to end up, with photos of the building and access.