Back during 1946, Wally Johnson started to create the markets for the scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He did this by establishing a company which became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really skilled mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, CA. He stumbled upon access machines when he began searching for a a way to paint his home.
When Mr. Johnson was embarking on his house painting project, he had a futile search for scaffolding which could handle the uneven ground which surrounded his house. After being very unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
In that very same year, the Snorkel Company was established within St. Joseph, Missouri. The company was responsible for introducing an innovative new elevating boom lift to the market. The machine was made for rescue and firefighting work. In less than 2 decades, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
The very first self-propelled lift was sold by Snorkel during the year 1977. This specialized 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. When he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and invent the very first self-propelled aerial lift in the world.
In 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory within Selma. There he made the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this new and exciting machinery 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 too. Mr Johnson's inventive and pioneering spirit did continue to live on. During 1994, UpRight launched the very first micro-scissor in the globe. They went on to pioneer the TM12, which is the self-propelled mast lift.