Wally Johnson, back in the year 1946, created the markets for both aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He attained this by starting a business which was known as UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really gifted mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, CA. He stumbled upon access machines when he started looking for a a way to paint his home.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to search for capable scaffolding when he started a home painting project. Existing scaffolding was not able to handle the uneven ground on his property. After being really discontented with his choices, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower along with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also established the same year in St. Joseph, Missouri. This small company helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The equipment was made for rescue and firefighting work. In less than twenty years, 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 company's main business.
It did not take long for Wallace Johnson to catapult to the top of the industry and attain global dominance with his scaffold. After he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and create the world's very first self-propelled aerial lift.
During the year 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory within Selma. There he created 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 main source of income of the company.
In 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. During the year 1994, UpRight introduced the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the TM12, that is the self-propelled mast lift.