About Mike Morse

Building trailers as a hobby and livelihood

Since I started working in the 70’s, I have worked as a plumber’s helper, in heat and air conditioning, as a framer and a trim carpenter. As a commercial carpenter, I have built custom cabinets in big custom homes, spiral staircases, and furniture for homes and commercial buildings.  

I worked in a hospital furniture factory for about a year, so I learned a lot about building more than one part at a time and making parts all the same.

I don’t want to build my trailers like an assembly line, but I do build my campers with solid consistency. As I continue to learn and build, my campers evolve with the newest innovations.

I first got interested in teardrop trailers when someone gave me a stack of Popular Mechanics magazines. When I leafed through, I found an article on teardrop trailers. I built my first pair of campers in 2013. Since then, I have transformed my woodshop into a little trailer factory. I love to bike, hike, and camp, so I am happy build trailers as my hobby and livelihood.

The perks of teardrop trailers

Things I like about having a teardrop:

  • traveling cheap and comfortably

  • sleeping in my own bed

Pulling a teardrop is easy. You forget you are towing anything at all.  It doesn’t cost an arm and a leg for extra gas, like a big trailer, and you can still see behind you.

With a teardrop, I can sleep anywhere.  I have taken showers at Love’s truck stops and at RV camps and campgrounds and have found them just as clean as most motels and hotels.  

When I drive from Oklahoma City to Moab, Utah, I can do it in one day if I can get some rest. I can pull over, crawl into the teardrop, play on my laptop, or just take a nap.

I’ve been able to camp where you could never tow a full- sized camper. You can camp on BLM land (Bureau of Land Management).  The only requirement is you carry out all you bring in.