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 company which was referred to as UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really skilled mechanical engineer who resided in Berkeley, CA. He stumbled upon access equipment when he began searching for a a way to paint his house.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to look for capable scaffolding when he began a home painting project. Current scaffolding could not handle the uneven terrain on his property. After being extremely discontented with his options, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower complete with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also founded the very same year in St. Joseph, Missouri. This small business helped to transform the new elevating boom lift. The machine was made for rescue and firefighting work. In less than twenty years, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
The very first self-propelled lift was sold by Snorkel in the year 1977. This specialized product line did not take long to become the main business for the company.
Wallace Johnson quickly catapulted to the top of the industry with his new scaffold. Once he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and create the world's very first self-propelled aerial lift.
In 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory in Selma. There he manufactured 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.
Wallace Johnson passed away in 1980. At that time, the company UpRight Inc. was sold but his pioneering and inventive spirit lived on. During 1994, UpRight launched the first micro-scissor within the world. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.