Wally Johnson, back during the year 1946, created the markets for both scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He attained this by establishing a business that became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really gifted mechanical engineer who lived in Berkeley, San Francisco. He stumbled upon access machinery when he began looking for a a way to paint his house.
When Mr. Johnson was embarking on his home painting project, he had a futile search for scaffolding that could deal with the uneven ground which surrounded his house. After being really discontented with his options, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also established the very same year within St. Joseph, Missouri. This small business helped to transform the new elevating boom lift. The machine was produced for rescue and firefighting work. In less than 2 decades, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
In the year 1977, Snorkel sold its first self-propelled lift. This specialized product line did not take long to become the main business for the company.
It did not take long for Wallace Johnson to catapult to the top of the industry and achieve worldwide dominance with his scaffold. After he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and make the first self-propelled aerial lift in the world.
Mr. Johnson in 1972, opened a factory within Selma, where 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 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 as well. Mr Johnson's pioneering and inventive spirit did continue to live on. In 1994, UpRight introduced the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the TM12, which is the self-propelled mast lift.