Wally Johnson, back during the year 1946, created the markets for both aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He accomplished this by establishing a business that was called UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really gifted mechanical engineer who resided in Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access machines when he began searching for a a way to paint his house.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to search for capable scaffolding when he started a house painting project. Existing scaffolding was not able to deal with the uneven terrain on his property. After being very unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower complete with adjustable legs.
In that very same year, the Snorkel Company was established in St. Joseph, Missouri. The company was responsible for introducing a revolutionary new elevating boom lift to the market. The equipment was made for firefighting and rescue work. In less than 2 decades, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
During 1977, Snorkel sold its first self-propelled lift. This particular 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 business and achieve global dominance with his scaffold. After he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and make the very first self-propelled aerial lift in the world.
During 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory in Selma. There he manufactured the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this new and exciting equipment exploded onto the marketplace, the innovative product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the company`s main source of revenue.
Wallace Johnson passed away in 1980. At that time, the company UpRight Inc. was sold but his inventive and pioneering spirit lived on. In 1994, UpRight introduced the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the TM12, that is the self-propelled mast lift.