Wally Johnson, back in the year 1946, created the markets for both scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He attained this by establishing a company which was known as UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was an extremely skilled mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access machinery when he began searching for a solution to painting his house.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to look for capable scaffolding when he started a house painting project. Current scaffolding was not able to handle the uneven ground on his land. After being really unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also established the very same year in St. Joseph, Missouri. This small company helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The equipment was produced for rescue and firefighting work. In less than 20 years, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
During 1977, Snorkel sold its first self-propelled lift. This specialized 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 attain global dominance with his scaffold. Once he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and invent the world's first self-propelled aerial lift.
Mr. Johnson during 1972, opened a factory within Selma, where 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 main source of revenue of the company.
During 1980, Wallace Johnson passed away, while the company, UpRight Inc. was sold at that time also. Mr Johnson's pioneering and inventive spirit did continue to live on. During 1994, UpRight introduced the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.