Wally Johnson, back during 1946, created the markets for both aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He did this by establishing a business that became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was an extremely skilled mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access machinery when he started looking for a solution to painting his home.
While Mr. Johnson was embarking on his home painting project, he had a futile search for scaffolding that can handle the uneven ground which surrounded his house. After being really discontented with his choices, he decided to design his own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also founded the same year within St. Joseph, Missouri. This small company helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The machine was produced for firefighting and rescue work. In less than 2 decades, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
The first self-propelled lift was sold by Snorkel during the year 1977. This specialized product line did not take long to become the company's main business.
Wallace Johnson rapidly catapulted to the top of the business with his new scaffold. After he had accomplished this field, he decided to start all over and make the world's first self-propelled aerial lift.
Mr. Johnson during the year 1972, opened a factory in Selma, where he manufactured 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 company`s main source of income.
During 1980, Wallace Johnson passed away, while the company, UpRight Inc. was sold at that time too. Mr Johnson's pioneering and inventive spirit did continue to live on. During 1994, UpRight introduced the very first micro-scissor in the globe. They went on to pioneer the TM12, which is the self-propelled mast lift.