Wally Johnson, back during the year 1946, created the markets for both scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He accomplished this by starting a company which became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really skilled mechanical engineer who lived in Berkeley, San Antonio. He stumbled upon access machinery when he began searching for a a way to paint his home.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to search for capable scaffolding when he started a house painting project. Existing scaffolding could not handle the uneven terrain on his property. After being extremely unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his own aluminum scaffold tower along 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 rescue and firefighting work. In less than 2 decades, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
During 1977, Snorkel sold its very first self-propelled lift. This specialized product line did not take long to become the main business for the company.
Wallace Johnson rapidly catapulted to the top of the business with his new scaffold. After he had accomplished this field, he decided to start all over and create the very first self-propelled aerial lift in the world.
Mr. Johnson during 1972, opened a factory within Selma, where he manufactured the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this new and exciting machine exploded onto the marketplace, the innovative product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the main source of revenue of the company.
In 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. In the year 1994, UpRight launched the very first micro-scissor in the globe. They went on to pioneer the self-propelled mast lift, the TM12.