Wally Johnson, back during 1946, created the markets for both aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He attained this by starting a business which became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really skilled mechanical engineer who lived in Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access equipment when he began looking for a a way to paint his house.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to look for capable scaffolding when he began a house painting project. Current scaffolding was not able to handle the uneven terrain on his property. After being very discontented with his options, he decided to design his own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also established the same year in St. Joseph, Missouri. This small business helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The equipment was made for rescue and firefighting work. In less than 2 decades, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
During 1977, Snorkel sold its very first self-propelled lift. This particular 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. Once he had attained 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 in Selma. There he produced the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this exciting and new machine exploded onto the marketplace, the ground-breaking 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 also. Mr Johnson's inventive and pioneering spirit did continue to live on. During 1994, UpRight launched the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.