Startup offers a modular camper

LOVELAND – Larry Drake got into the camper business because he grew tired of pitching tents.
“I just don’t do tent camping anymore,” he said. “I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to have a camper on my utility trailer?’”
But Drake couldn’t find a camper that would suit his Chevy HHR, a station wagon with a towing capacity of just 1,000 pounds.
So, six months after he retired from building acrobatic sport planes, Drake began designing a modular camper, one that he sells for $5,000 to $8,000, depending on size.
Three-and-a-half years later, YouTube videos featuring the camper from Drake’s startup, Teal International Corp.,…
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