"I've always loved small, efficient spaces,"
"These guys have twin 14-year-olds, and they've been camping more in the last 10 years than my wife and I have in the last 20, and we don't have kids,"
"It's asinine to start a manufacturing company in the Bay Area, but, you know, that's where we live,"
"You have to work with what you've got."
Matt Bettman developed a fascination with small, efficient spaces after living on boats. After moving to Redwood City with his family, he built a custom teardrop trailer in his garage to add comfort to camping trips. The trailer features a queen-size indoor bed and an outdoor kitchen, weighs about 1,060 pounds, and can be towed by low-power vehicles such as a vintage VW bus. Construction used sturdy, sustainable materials. The trailer prompted increased family camping across California, Oregon, the Sierra Nevadas and the Mojave Desert. Bettman and partner Matt Shivers formed All Good Equipment Co., producing trailers in small three-unit batches due to limited workshop space.
#teardrop-trailer #small-space-design #camping-outdoors #bay-area-manufacturing #sustainable-materials
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