Wally Johnson, back during 1946, created the markets for both aerial work platforms and scaffold towers all by himself. He did this by starting a business that was known as UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was an extremely gifted mechanical engineer who resided in Berkeley, Eugene. He stumbled upon access machines when he began looking for a a way to paint his house.
Mr. Johnson found it hard to look for capable scaffolding when he began a house painting project. Current scaffolding could not handle the uneven ground on his land. After being very discontented with his options, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower complete 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 machine was produced for firefighting and rescue work. In less than 20 years, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
In 1977, Snorkel sold its 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 industry with his new scaffold. After he had accomplished this field, he decided to start all over and create the world's very first self-propelled aerial lift.
Mr. Johnson in the year 1972, opened a factory in Selma, where 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 income of the company.
Wallace Johnson passed away in 1980. At that time, the company UpRight Inc. was sold but his inventive and pioneering spirit lived on. In the year 1994, UpRight introduced the world's very first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the TM12, that is the self-propelled mast lift.