Hi
Just a question Can the Teal Camper (with trailer) be made as a complete package and then shipped to your home anywhere in the world?.
I can see a huge world wide market because people are moving to smaller cars for a number of reasons and you can travel with out a huge outlay,The light weight trailers are made in Taiwan.
Thanks
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Certainly this is possible, but there are a number of challenges. First is the shipping costs and the volume required to make it feasible. Second is the issue of title and licensing of a trailer. Each state treats that differently. Then there is dealing with DOT.

It can all be done, but the simplicity of being cargo on any utility trailer is hard to beat.

When (If?) the Teal Modular Camper becomes successful, there will probably be other companies that will make similar products.


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I would like to see the manufacturing stay in USA. Injecting foam into a panel has to be the most expense way to do it. However maybe the difficulty with obtaining a supplier could be resolved by change the panel build process. Watching a building show I was amazed to see how easy it is to add foam to a house wall. What they showed that before the drywall went on they sprayed the cavity with out concern to over spray. Once the wall cavity is completely filed then they trim the over spray with a long blade that uses the wall studs as a guide leaving a smooth surface. Now if the teal panel was manufactured the same way, spray in foam, the outer skin would then be snapped on last eliminating all chance of voids. Now to make this work, the outside panel needs to have no recesses (not sure why they do) but keep the protrusion to accommodate the two belts. Placing plywood strips horizontal would stiffen the adhesion between the two flannels and fill the small cavity around the belts in the outside panel. Just a though to get a great concept to market sooner and cheaper.

Thank you for your suggestion.

While I may have not looked at all the ways the panels can be made, I have conducted a pretty exhaustive study. The current process, roto molding with foam, is the most cost effective when it is done right. Not only that, it produces a highly durable and strong part.

Keep those suggestions coming though. I appreciate the input.

Never mind China and Taiwan right off the hop. If you needs a cheap place to make it maybe Mexico, I guess, but please consider Canada first. For one thing Northern Ontario would bend over backward for the jobs, and the market is right here as well. I think smaller and cheaper might be a bigger hit up here, market wise, than down there even. There is certainly a lot of campers, hunters and outdoorsie types that would love the versatility and four season options. What the heck is the free trade agreement for? That's a darn good question, in any case I guess. Seems like usually if we can get it at all up here it is so much more expensive it's better to look for something else or make a shopping trip state's side. Something to consider for boarder towns, if nothing else. At least we could put it together in the parking lot and haul it home fairly easily.