Born Free Leap'n Lions RV Club Info & Discussion Forum

Tracy, We bought an older 1993 Born Free 21, definitely not as old as yours but older than most. Our most difficult problem is disconnected wires, in our case caused by a rear tire blowout that took out some cabling. it appears I'll never figure it out yet I have managed to get most systems running ...

Bounder 32 Motorhome, batteries We owned a 1997 Bounder 32H for 8 years. It was 4 years old when we bought it selling it in 2009. It had two 6 volt Trojan 105 house batteries. We always kept the Bounder plugged in when we were not using it and kept the fridge on typically about 5-6 months though occ...

The Book - Musing on the Road Over the years people have suggested I write a book about our travels. I never wanted to write a book specifically about our travels, knowing it was work having help a professional editor edit a couple of books. I always rejected the idea until a forum member said I sho...

I've never owned a pure sine wave inverter, but have used lower cost inverters and found them adequate for most needs, tv, sat dish, computer, electric blanket, toaster, small fridge. I can believe the location of your inverter can be the source of failure however I was surprised when I went to thei...

The Mountains... We have spent about two weeks in Netarts, Oregon, a small unincorporated town on the coast outside of Tillamook, OR. We are staying in Big Spruce, a small Passport park with good wi-fi and outstanding cable. We have spent most of our time driving up into the mountains hunting down w...

Thanks Tom, I have a regulated trickle charger at home.... not doing a lot of good there. One of the issues I did not address was a couple of hanging wires resulting from a pre-purchase blowout. As well I have not looked at the relay's used to manage 12 volts and AC. I thought a possible solution wa...

6,000 miles and counting. We've completed our 3rd month on this trip, 6 months to go. Considering it's age, our '93 Born Free has turned out to be relatively solid age considered. Before we left Washington, the rig would not start. We had managed to discharge the truck battery charging our phones fo...

Thanks Jim. When we get home we intend to replace our 19" TV with a 32" mounted from the grab bar like the 19" is. We do not have an over cab bed. In the place of the bed is over cab oak cabinets. I considered taking the two center cabinet doors and removing the side hinges, joining t...

AMAZON FOR THE TRAVELER. We used an Amazon Lockbox today for the first time. Used the amazon lockbox locator and had our order sent near our next destination. When it arrives they give you a code. You have 3 days to pick it up. If you don't pick it up it goes back with a full refund. Today I bought ...

We have an old, 26 year old, that we bought this October. To sharpen it a bit we bought turquoise and gold striping stick on striping material. In a day you can do the whole rig. It makes it really pop compared to the old stripes, not expensive and do it your self. We've Traveled with the new stripe...

Port Townsend. We're in Port Townsend, celebrating Mother's Day with our son and his wife. Port Townsend is a interesting community located 5 miles from the Evergeen Escapee park located in Chimacum, WA. This is the best sited Escapee Park, mostly due to it's Port Townsend proximity. A wonderful tow...

Newfoundland and Fiberglass RV. I am a member of the Fiberglass RV forum, a site for mostly molded fiberglass RV trailers. On that site I publicized our NL travels and ran a for free caravan to NL a few years ago. For the caravan I supplied a write up of trip tips. If anyone is interested I can prov...

Linda,

Ir would help if your post signature contained a short description of your Born Free like 1992 Born Free President 21

Our House Batteries. We have a 1993 Born Free 21 built on a Ford 350. The 2 house batteries are in the second compartment from the from on the driver's side. They are mounted in a slide out drawer. As covered in an earlier post our battery compartment failed on our trip West, becoming detached from ...

Walmarts. When we started RVing we bought a Bounder Motorhome. To our delight we received a call from another Bounder owner who offered to stop by and give the Bounder Newbies advice on owning a Bounder. This advice went a long way in helping us ease into the RV lifestyle. I thought of him today rec...