Back in the year 1946, Wally Johnson started to create the markets for the aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He attained this by starting a company that was referred to as UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a very gifted mechanical engineer who lived in Berkeley, CA. He stumbled upon access machinery when he started searching for a a way to paint his home.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to search for capable scaffolding when he started a home painting project. Current scaffolding was not able to handle the uneven ground on his property. After being extremely unsatisfied with his options, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower along with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also founded the very same year within St. Joseph, Missouri. This small company helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The equipment was made for rescue and firefighting work. In less than twenty years, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
In the year 1977, Snorkel sold its very first self-propelled lift. This particular product line did not take long to become the company's main business.
Wallace Johnson rapidly catapulted to the top of the industry with his new scaffold. When he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and create the world's first self-propelled aerial lift.
Mr. Johnson in the year 1972, opened a factory in Selma, where he created the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this exciting and new equipment exploded onto the marketplace, the innovative product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the main source of revenue of the company.
During the year 1980, Wallace Johnson passed away, while the company, UpRight Inc. was sold at that time also. Mr Johnson's pioneering and inventive spirit did continue to live on. In 1994, UpRight introduced the first micro-scissor within the globe. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.