Wally Johnson, back during 1946, created the markets for both scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He attained this by establishing a company that became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was a really skilled mechanical engineer who lived in Berkeley, Houston. He stumbled upon access equipment when he began looking for a a way to paint his house.
When Mr. Johnson was embarking on his house painting project, he had a fruitless search for scaffolding that can deal with the uneven ground that surrounded his home. After being really unsatisfied with his choices, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower along with adjustable legs.
The Snorkel Company was also founded the same year within St. Joseph, Missouri. This small company helped to revolutionize the new elevating boom lift. The machine was produced 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 in the year 1977. This particular product line did not take long to become the main business for the company.
Wallace Johnson quickly 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 the year 1972, opened a factory in Selma, where he manufactured the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this exciting and new machinery exploded onto the marketplace, the ground-breaking product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the main source of revenue of the company.
Wallace Johnson passed away in 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 first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the TM12, that is the self-propelled mast lift.