Marlin Crawler

Before the Marlin Crawler, no one said "Hey let's go Rock Crawl'n" because there was no such thing. It was impossible for a Jeep or Land Cruiser to have a 200:1 or lower final drive ratio, which is precisely what is meant by Crawling! Marlin's inventions transformed his 1980 Toyota Pickup to have a final drive ratio of 2,158:1. This is 58 times slower and more powerful than it's stock configuration and almost 20 times more torque than an 8cyl Jeep or Cruiser! Now we have the reliability and simplicity of a lightweight 4cyl Toyota truck with torque output greatly exceeding that of an 8cyl engine. Our products are both the foundation of and set the quality standards for Rock Crawling

Increased Traction

Increased Torque

Increased Control

Increased Reaction Time

Less Bouncing

Less Breakage

Less Trail Abuse

Less Risk

No other product in the world can provide so much while also not affecting normal city and highway driving!

To see a piece of nostalgia and to better understand where we've taken Toyota trucks over the last thirty-four years, please visit our Vintage "Crawler Truck" Picture Gallery by clicking here. Today the Crawler truck has a Triple Ultimate Overkill Marlin Crawler Transfer Case System providing 30 forward and 6 reverse gear ratios, all selectable at any time while retaining normal city and highway driveability.

We feed our passion by offering the absolute highest quality and longest lasting parts for your Toyota 4WD truck. We also build adapters and kits to adapt our products to other non-Toyota applications, both domestic and other imports. We also make Heavy Duty 2WD drive train parts that Desert Racers and Turbocharged Supra Drift Cars really appreciate!

Community Involvement

We are highly active in the community and use our resources to help keep it alive and strong for many generations to come. Here is a membership list of our past and present Four Wheel Drive Club and Organizations. We have been giving back to the community since 1983 and have a lot of experience with trail repairs, toilet installation, highway and trail clean-up, campground management, community fundraising, government public forums, and forest service OHV route redesignation projects.When you support Marlin Crawler, you are supporting the community.

We are active or past members of the following:

4WD Club of Fresno, Lifetime Member

Second oldest 4WD Club in the world!

4X 4HIM Christan Club

Bakersfield Trail Blazers

Blue Ribbon Coalition

CAL4WD, Lifetime Member

Since 1983

Central Valley Crawlers

Friends of Panamint Valley

Friends of the Rubicon

Lock & Low 4WD

Madera County Land Cruisers

Pacific Mountain Cruisers

Rubicon Trail Foundation

Southeast Toyota Land Cruiser Association

Southern Nevada Land Cruisers

Toyota Land Cruiser Association

Since 1983

Toys-4-Fun

Tread Lightly

United 4WD

Wheelers for the Wounded

X-Toys

Additional community involvement:

Annual Marlin Crawler Round-Up Event has donated $114,598 to the Rubicon Trail Foundation (as of 2016)

Adopt-A-Highway Chairperson through the Department of Transportation, California (Hwy 168)

Certified Chainsaw Operators through the United States Forest Service, High Sierra Ranger District

Certified CPR through the United States Forest Service, High Sierra Ranger District

Distributor of Toyota 4WD Owner and TLCA Toyota Trails Monthly and Bi-Monthly Publications

Dusy/Ershim OHV Route Chairperson through the High Sierra Ranger District

H.A.M. Radio Operators, licensed and certified through the United States Forest Service

Toyota Land Cruiser Association Hall Of Fame, Inaugural Member since 2006

Vehicle Safety Coordinators for multiple 4WD Clubs

Marlin Crawler's Passion

Widely accredited as the founder of "Rock Crawling", we are a team of Toyota gear heads who develop highly reliable products and a wide range of services to meet your Toyota's needs. Specializing in Toyota Drivetrain components, we also offer a broad range of genuine Toyota parts, in-house manufacturing, and offer custom services for off-road, competition, desert race, and high powered Supra drag/race cars.

Our products have been featured in all major magazines including CRAWL, FOUR WHEELER, Petersen's 4 Wheel & Off-Road, 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility, 4WD Toyota Owner, and TLCA Toyota Trails. Our products have survived the King Of The Hammers an event record 6 times and counting, W.E. Rock and Pro Rock Formula Toy National Champion 2007, 2008, and 2009, twice through the BAJA 1000, numerous SCORE desert race events, numerous stadium truck events, as well as street racing where our extremely reliable transmissions and components can be found in track-prepared and drag-prepared Supra race cars.

Our Company's average Crawl Ratio is 397:1

No other company fulfills your truck's true Rock Crawling needs!