About Ford RV Refrigeration

If you want unsurpassed RV Service, RV Refrigerator Reconditioning or absorption refrigeration training from the best in the country, you've come to the right place.

Roger D. and Onna Lee Ford, who have been married for thirty-three years, apply their Christian beliefs to their
business practices by providing quality service at a fair price.

Ford RV Refrigeration, began operation in 1984. Along with the extensive RV service they provide, they also offer global certified training in the field of RV refrigerator cooling unit reconditioning.

1990 - began advocating “Going Green” with RV refrigerators and began training RV refrigerator repair and cooling unit reconditioning to others throughout the USA and other countries, in an attempt to make this service available to all RV owners.

1994 - wrote & published "The Ford Procedures", the first and only step-by-step technical manual on RV refrigerator repair and reconditioning; it’s used in conjunction with the training they offer.

November 2005 - their business, home, vehicles, and all belongings were completely destroyed by a tornado with over 200 mph winds.

In May 2006, they reopened their doors, were awarded Business of the Month by the Chamber of Commerce, became members of the Recreational Vehicle Dealers Association, and increased their training to include certification.

In 2007, they added to their “Go Green” efforts in order to keep repairable RV refrigerators out of the landfills nationwide, by developing the RVRN Association. This Association networks those who have received Ford RV's certification training. They also became members of the Better Business Bureau Association, and became Certified Kentucky State RV inspectors. Over the years, their customers have voiced the need for a manual that would enable them to do minor repairs themselves, or at the very least, give them enough education to know whether or not a service tech had been properly educated.

So in 2009, they published the 241-paged book, Average Joe’s RV Refrigerator Troubleshooting & Repair Guide. This first of its kind manual, also supports the “Going Green” movement. From 2003 to 2009, editors from many RV technical magazines engaged the Fords to write articles for their magazines and websites.

Picture above - Roger and Onna Lee Ford stand next to their 7'X16' service trailer. The verse at the top of the trailer is there because this was a gift to us from a local church after the tornado. This became our mobile shop while we were rebuilding our service center.

This gift opened the way for us to have an income we would otherwise have suffered without. Our many thanks goes to the members of the church who donated the funds, made the purchase, and imagine how humbled and overwhelmed we were when they delivered this wonderful gift to our temporary home at Big Bear Resort. God bless you all!

The Grand Teton Mountain Range is one of our favorite places in the whole world. The views are phenomenal

Picture right - Ambro, our little poodle, sleeps by the fire after a long hike in the woods at Land Between The Lakes in Western Kentucky

Picture left- Onna Lee backpacked up to Surprise Lake on the Teton Mountains. This is 10,000 feet above sea level and lies below the middle saddle. We had a visitor in our camp here. He was a beautiful black bear, who fortunately only stayed about an hour and never got aggressive.

Picture below-Roger backpacked to the middle saddle on the Teton Mountains, which is approximately 11,000 ft. above sea level (See red arrow on the picture of the book at right for the location of the middle saddle). The Tetons are just outside Jackson, Wyoming.

If you would like to read our tornado testimony, please click on the tornado.

Many of our customers ask us what type of RV we own. Well, our RV rolls up into a little tiny bag and fits in a back pack. Our love for the outdoors is great, but we like to get to those secluded, hard to find places. The adventure of backpacking lures us into many remote areas that RV's just can't reach. We feel that we get into the heart of God's country and see many habitats that would be missed in those easier to reach areas. Our backpacking has taken us to the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Sandea Mountains, the Absorka Mountain Range, and many places in between. One of our favorite local places is LBL (Land Between the Lakes), which by the way has great places for RVers. Although we enjoy the rough terrain, we look forward to someday obtaining an RV for all the comforts of home and look forward to socializing with other RVer's.

We live in a very beautiful country. We should all try to see as much of it as we can. To everyone who frequents and enjoys the outdoors, we encourage you to always keep it safe and leave your area cleaner than the way you found it. Happy travels to you and if you are ever in our area, please stop in and say hello. We would love to visit with you.