Hey guys, I NEED YOUR 2 CENTS. I know many/most of us are gearheads and here is a chance to weigh in on a product I am brewing on.
I am a small business owner and we manufacture products from high density foam and coat it with a special blend of truck bed liner. We make a few different products, our main products are hunting blinds. The name of our company is Tusca Outdoors. Due to the nature of our process it yields a very insulated and lightweight product that is also very durable.
My idea is to build hard sided completely enclosed sleeping shelter that could be put on ANY trailer. Picture a teardrop camper without the trailer (look at the attached picture if you don’t know what I am talking about). This would be a BYOT (bring your own trailer) making it significant different than a typical overland trailer.
Initial dimensions I have in mind are 5x8 floor size with 48” walls. The weight would likely be 150-175 pounds. It would be ultra insulated and very durable due to our construction process. It would also be seamless because we would build the whole thing and then coat it inside and outside.
The problem I see it solving is that an overland trailer or teardrop are extremely expensive (typically 8k on the low end). I think we can build a base model (no glamorous features but a fully insulated lightweight sleeping shelter with a nice door/window/vent) for an MSRP around $2000-2500. I know that is still a lot of money but when I see what people are paying for tents that are completely uninsulated I believe this price range fits.
For the guys that go on hunts in hard to reach public lands they could bring this with them instead of needing to tent or stay in a hotel. This is how I plan to use it personally. I will also likely add Solar to it so I have power.
Additionally, with this camper being a (BYOT - bring your own trailer). The user has the option to Mount it to a small 5x8 trailer that many people already have OR they could put it on a 6x12 or 6x14 trailer and haul their ATV’s behind it.
With our material I estimate it will weigh between 150-175 pounds empty, so 2 grown men could set it in place and remove when they are done using it. Another benefit being that you now can use your trailer for the entire year and only mount the ultralight insulated shelter when it’s needed for camping/hunting.
I think that covers most of it. See the attached picture for an example of what I am envisioning MINUS the trailer. It would look similar to this.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? Do you think this is viable or am I off my rocker? Does the price range sound too high or reasonable? What other thoughts do you have?
Thanks for your time!
PS .. my initial name that I am going with for now unless someone suggests something better is the B.Y.O.T. Ultralight
I am a small business owner and we manufacture products from high density foam and coat it with a special blend of truck bed liner. We make a few different products, our main products are hunting blinds. The name of our company is Tusca Outdoors. Due to the nature of our process it yields a very insulated and lightweight product that is also very durable.
My idea is to build hard sided completely enclosed sleeping shelter that could be put on ANY trailer. Picture a teardrop camper without the trailer (look at the attached picture if you don’t know what I am talking about). This would be a BYOT (bring your own trailer) making it significant different than a typical overland trailer.
Initial dimensions I have in mind are 5x8 floor size with 48” walls. The weight would likely be 150-175 pounds. It would be ultra insulated and very durable due to our construction process. It would also be seamless because we would build the whole thing and then coat it inside and outside.
The problem I see it solving is that an overland trailer or teardrop are extremely expensive (typically 8k on the low end). I think we can build a base model (no glamorous features but a fully insulated lightweight sleeping shelter with a nice door/window/vent) for an MSRP around $2000-2500. I know that is still a lot of money but when I see what people are paying for tents that are completely uninsulated I believe this price range fits.
For the guys that go on hunts in hard to reach public lands they could bring this with them instead of needing to tent or stay in a hotel. This is how I plan to use it personally. I will also likely add Solar to it so I have power.
Additionally, with this camper being a (BYOT - bring your own trailer). The user has the option to Mount it to a small 5x8 trailer that many people already have OR they could put it on a 6x12 or 6x14 trailer and haul their ATV’s behind it.
With our material I estimate it will weigh between 150-175 pounds empty, so 2 grown men could set it in place and remove when they are done using it. Another benefit being that you now can use your trailer for the entire year and only mount the ultralight insulated shelter when it’s needed for camping/hunting.
I think that covers most of it. See the attached picture for an example of what I am envisioning MINUS the trailer. It would look similar to this.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? Do you think this is viable or am I off my rocker? Does the price range sound too high or reasonable? What other thoughts do you have?
Thanks for your time!
PS .. my initial name that I am going with for now unless someone suggests something better is the B.Y.O.T. Ultralight
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