Back in the year 1946, Wally Johnson started to create the markets for both the scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He did this by establishing a company which became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was an extremely skilled mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, CA. He stumbled upon access equipment when he started searching for a a way to paint his home.
When Mr. Johnson was embarking on his home painting project, he had a futile search for scaffolding that could deal with the uneven ground that surrounded his house. After being very discontented with his options, he decided to design his very own aluminum scaffold tower along with adjustable legs.
In that same year, the Snorkel Company was established within St. Joseph, Missouri. The company was responsible for introducing an innovative new elevating boom lift to the market. The equipment was made for firefighting and rescue work. In less than 20 years, the technology had developed into self-propelled boom lifts.
During the year 1977, Snorkel sold its first self-propelled lift. This specialized product line did not take long to become the company's main business.
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 first self-propelled aerial lift in the globe.
Mr. Johnson during the year 1972, opened a factory in Selma, where he made the "Flying Carpet" scissor lift. After this exciting and new equipment exploded onto the marketplace, the ground-breaking product soon out-ranked the scaffolding component as the company`s main source of income.
In the year 1980, Wallace Johnson passed away, while the company, UpRight Inc. was sold at that time as well. Mr Johnson's inventive and pioneering spirit did continue to live on. In 1994, UpRight launched the very first micro-scissor in the world. They went on to pioneer the TM12, that is the self-propelled mast lift.