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You'd really defend him regarldess of the facts? I can respect the loyalty. Can't understand the mindset, but I can respect the loyalty.
He may not be the inventor of "Rock Crawling" but.... I feel he is the inventor of "Toyota Rock Crawling" Which is on that banner. I would also defend Marlin no matter what the facts are......
I must agree with Yeller completely,
Before Marlin introduced the dualcase concept to North America in 1994, most people wheeled Jeeps and a few Landcruisers. Marlin remembers there being about 1 Toyota (Hilux) minitruck per every 50 Jeeps. He remembers going out onto the trail and saying, "Come awn girl, please don't let me down!" Everyone used to make fun of these "Japanese tin cans", saying that all minitrucks were a bunch of burnt up clutches that were too long. Jeeps used to literally drive circles around minitrucks.
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has this topic been brought up on pirate?im sure there are more people over there who have been in the sport a long time who could back this if it were legit
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couple locals swing off of bobby long....
That having been said some of you are swinging from his sack harder than a couple locals swing off of bobby long....
Isn't this code of conduct of one from the pirate forum. I don't feel that this kinda talk is necessary here.......
I guess I'll throw my in here.When I first started wheeling there was no option in the Toyota field for tcase gear reduction, Jeeps had them but Toyota owners had to deal with not having any options to work with. Several years later JP Eater was introduced and was a definite improvement but you still were not "crawling" with the big boys. Then several years after that some guy that rebuilt transmissions for a living figured out how to mate two Toyota center sections together without breaking the bank and "Toyota" rockcrawling was born. Sure Marlin did not create rockcrawling, but I can safely say that before Marlin's dual case setup nobody was "crawling", per say. Sure you could go extremely slow but you were not crawling. I remember when Marlin brought out his first triple setup to T.D.S. it was hilarious to watch. I even remember Mike walking across the bed of the truck when Marlin was wheeling through a small wash. I also remember a lot of pissed off Jeeps behind us.Since Marlin has nothing to do with making a Jeep crawl (unless you use Toyota parts) Marlin did invent Toyota rockcrawling since before Marlincrawler you had very few options and yes you were able to go slower than a stock Toy but by no means were you actually crawling. I've been wheeling Toyota mini trucks since before there was a tcase option and can safely say that besides the JP Eater Marlin was the first to "crawl" a Toyota, there is no way you'd even think about walking next to your JP Eater as it was driving down a trail.I am an OM. "Original Mini"
I fully believe Marlin Czajkowski invented the term "Rock Crawling" and he put Toyota pickups on the map. It was my decision to add that to the title bar about two weeks ago.No other company can claim this and I think we need to embrace it.For your reading pleasure:Before Marlin introduced the dualcase concept to North America in 1994, most people wheeled Jeeps and a few Landcruisers. Marlin remembers there being about 1 Toyota (Hilux) minitruck per every 50 Jeeps. He remembers going out onto the trail and saying, "Come awn girl, please don't let me down!" Everyone used to make fun of these "Japanese tin cans", saying that all minitrucks were a bunch of burnt up clutches that were too long. Jeeps used to literally drive circles around minitrucks.Terrible, terrible odds, Jeeps far out numbered Toyota pickups.Marlin has been wheeling his truck continuously since 1983. Purchased it in Sept of 83, he had it through Rubicon & Dusy/Ershim the very next spring. He first went up Surprise Canyon in 1992, 2 years before the Marlin Crawler, burning up his clutch the whole way. According to Marlin, everyone made fun of Toyota minitrucks back then No one respected them.In fact, check this out: Did you know that Marlin's truck was the first Toyota vehicle through the Jack Hammer trail in Johnson Valley? Not only this, he was the #3 vehicle through the trail! This is confirmed by Chuck Shaner(sp?) and Paul "Fuzzyface" who are the godfathers of Johnson Valley from the Victor Valley 4WD club.How cool is that?!! The next time you see Marlin's truck, you are looking at the first Toyota up Jack Hammer in the history of the trail. Back then that was totally BAD ASS because NO ONE respected Toyota's!Now, you look around on Rubicon or Dusy or Johnson Valley, and you tell me what the ratio you see of minitruck to Jeeps? I've been through Rubicon a couple of times with a bunch of Toyotas without seeing a single Jeep.Back in the day there were no other rigs with spare parts. You had to carry any spare you needed. You couldn't just look around a camp fire and find a spare short side front axle shaft. There weren't ppl in your group with another Hilux. You were it. You were the one weirdo idiot fool taking your underpowered POS Toyota minitruck out of the city and trying to mingle with Jeeps.That is why Marlin takes pride when he says, "I put Toyota pickups on the map"This is why I don't believe I am having a "big head" when I say that Marlin Crawler is the inventor of Toyota Rock Crawling. I believe it is a bonafide fact.BigMike
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Great companies do many things well. One of them is brag about their products and themselves. That is good marketing. It does not matter that he coined it or invented it. When someone says TOYOTA rock crawling I think Marlin and that is all that matters to me. Someone could have the owned the trademark 30 years ago. The street (offroad) cred goes to Marlin for living it. Thank you for posting this thread. Marlin rocks
The first Crawler box or should I say Dual Cases was however not invented by Marlin. Marlin is responsible for his own 4.7 gears howeverthe First Dual case was invented by a guy in Ice Land which Marlin spoke with and after ordering one, Marlin started making his own. So in that respect Marlin was not the first. (I did not make up the above mentioned, I was told this story by Marlin him self, so if you don’t like it to bad)
Wow, don't take the intardnet so seriously... 95% of the people you meet online that act tough and hardcore are just little biatches in person. They just like to talk smack behind a keyboard. Keep that in mind and you'll stay sane longer knowing it is an act. I don't act online, I'm the same on or offline so if you don't like me here you wouldn't like me on the trail either.
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