Summer 2019

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Nearly a year ago Dometic asked TCT Magazine to try out their new CFX 75DZW “dual zone” portable refrigerator/cooler. The dual-zone has now been in my 1993 Land Cruiser for a cumulative several months of trail days. Two Cruise Moabs, two Kokopelli trail runs, FJ Summit, a beach weekend in Nebraska, Cruiserfest, Ghost Town Run, long weekends in Utah, and the remote Lockhart Basin trail. It has been stuffed, emptied, dirtied, cleaned, and lifted out a time or two. It served garage floor duty for my 50th’ birthday party - beer in one side and ice cream pops in the other. We even had a one-of-a kind Dometic fridge jockey box courtesy of Outer Limit Supply, but that’s for another story.

As we get out exploring more and push our trucks to and beyond their limits, many of us have found the limits of the factory Toyota axles and gears. Whether it’s from the stresses of rock crawling and harder trails, or the stresses of the added weight that overland rigs are now putting on their weaker factory driveline.

Another FJ Summit has come and gone and this year’s event was unique in having to deal with some of Colorado’s incredible snowfall from the winter and the aftermath of the numerous avalanches generated by it. Many trails were closed, diverted, or combined with other trails, while some trails started where they typically ended. Trails were still being bulldozed while attendees arrived and downed trees were everywhere as reminders of the devastation caused by these avalanches.