Snorkel Boom Lifts Salem

Wally Johnson, back in 1946, created the markets for both scaffold towers and aerial work platforms all by himself. He did this by starting a company that became UpRight. Mr. Wally Johnson was an extremely gifted mechanical engineer who hailed from Berkeley, CA. He stumbled upon access machines when he began searching for a a way to paint his home.



When Mr. Johnson was embarking on his house painting project, he had a futile search for scaffolding which could handle the uneven terrain that surrounded his home. After being very 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 in St. Joseph, Missouri. This small business helped to transform the new elevating boom lift. The equipment was made for rescue and firefighting 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 1977. This specialized product line did not take long to become the main business for the company.



It did not take long for Wallace Johnson to catapult to the top of the business and attain global domination with his scaffold. When he had attained this field, he decided to start all over and invent the very first self-propelled aerial lift in the world.



During 1972, Mr. Johnson opened a new factory within Selma. There he made 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.



During 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. During 1994, UpRight introduced the world's first micro-scissors. They went on to pioneer the TM12, that is the self-propelled mast lift.

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