Back during the year 1946, Wally Johnson began to create the markets for the aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He attained this by establishing a business that was called UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was an extremely skilled mechanical engineer who resided in Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access equipment when he began searching for a a way to paint his house.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to look for capable scaffolding when he began a home painting project. Existing scaffolding was not able to handle the uneven ground on his property. After being really unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
In that same year, the Snorkel Company was founded within St. Joseph, Missouri. The company was responsible for introducing an innovative new elevating boom lift to the market. The machine was produced for rescue and firefighting work. In less than 20 years, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
During 1977, Snorkel sold its first self-propelled lift. This specialized product line did not take long to become the main business for the company.
Wallace Johnson rapidly catapulted to the top of the industry with his new scaffold. When he had accomplished this field, he decided to start all over and invent the world's very first self-propelled aerial lift.
During 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory within Selma. There he made 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 revenue.
During the year 1980, Wallace Johnson passed away, while the company, UpRight Inc. was sold at that time too. Mr Johnson's inventive and pioneering spirit did continue to live on. In 1994, UpRight launched the first micro-scissor within the world. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.