Wally Johnson, back during the year 1946, created the markets for both scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He attained this by starting a company which became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really skilled mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, California. He stumbled upon access machines when he started searching for a solution to painting his home.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to look for capable scaffolding when he started a home painting project. Existing scaffolding could not handle the uneven ground on his land. After being very unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his own aluminum scaffold tower together with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also established the very same year in St. Joseph, Missouri. This small business helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The machinery was made for firefighting and rescue 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 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 attained this field, he decided to start all over and invent the world's very first self-propelled aerial lift.
During 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory in Selma. There he produced the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this exciting and new machine exploded onto the marketplace, the innovative product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the main source of revenue of the company.
Wallace Johnson passed away during the year 1980. At that time, the company UpRight Inc. was sold but his inventive and pioneering spirit lived on. During the year 1994, UpRight introduced the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.