Wally Johnson, back during 1946, created the markets for both aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He accomplished this by starting a company that became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really gifted mechanical engineer who lived in Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access equipment when he began looking for a solution to painting his home.
When Mr. Johnson was embarking on his house painting project, he had a futile search for scaffolding which can handle the uneven terrain that surrounded his home. After being really discontented with his options, he decided to design his own aluminum scaffold tower along with adjustable legs.
During 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 machinery 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 company's main business.
Wallace Johnson quickly catapulted to the top of the industry with his new scaffold. Once he had accomplished this field, he decided to start all over and create the world's very 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 new and exciting machinery exploded onto the marketplace, the innovative product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the company`s main source of income.
During the year 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. In the year 1994, UpRight introduced the very first micro-scissor within the world. They went on to pioneer the TM12, which is the self-propelled mast lift.