- by Bob Phillips - As a boy growing up in Eastern Illinois, Andrew Kaufmann liked to tinker and build stuff out of metal at his grandfather’s welding shop. When he became acquainted with teardop campers, he knew that he had to build one. Now that has evovled into his own business, Turtle UP Trailers, based in Buckley, Ill., on I-57 about 100 miles south of Chicago. Editor's Note: Over the next few months we will feature our advertisers; giving our readers an overview of the