TrailGear buys out Longfield

[Creepy]

Kinda sad to see the awesome little company get bought up for their brand name and rep. I hope Trail-gear doesn`t mess with their way of doing things too much. It was just a few weeks ago I had a Long warranty`d and bought a spare. Talked to Tina on the phone, she handled the transaction perfectly and quickly. Tough call to sell out, especially if its your husbands life`s work.


Fresno, Ca – Trail-Gear, Inc. announces the recent acquisition of “Longfield Super Axles”. As we welcome the “Longfield” brand into the Trail-Gear family we are excited to continue and carry on this legendary product line.
Tina Long – “I know that the acquisition of Longfield Super Axles by Trail-Gear will come as a shock for the off-road community. As you all know it has been a little over a year since the passing of Bobby. I promised that I would run the company for a year. This company was Bobby’s dream, a dream that I supported. During this year I have found that it is getting harder and harder to run Longfield without him here to help me. Matt has always been good to Bobby and I and always supported the Longfield brand. I feel that he will take care of the legacy that Bobby has put in place. He has assured me the warranty will stay in place and remain the same. I look forward to seeing how far Trail-Gear will take Longfield Super Axles.”

Matthew Messer – “The Long family has been friendly competitors in the market for years and it is a great honor to take over the Longfield brand and continue to lead in the Toyota market making it our flagship birfield axle brand”
The acquisition creates a unique opportunity for Trail-Gear to serve a much larger global market. Combining the expertise of both companies will greatly contribute towards expanding our product offering in the axle market. All birfields and axle sets will now carry the Longfield name. The Dirty 30 brand and the Longfield brand will be offered until the transition of products and brands are complete.
And of course these products will continue to proudly be “Made in the USA”
Most all of the Longfield products will be available at www.longfieldsuperaxles.com in the interim and at www.trail-gear.com.

[Creepy]

www.pirate4x4.com/forum/toyota-truck-4runner/1554106-longfield-no-more.html

Interesting reading in this thread, I have both RCV`s and Longs in my off-road rigs.

Apparently the Toyota CV joints in Long`s and Dirty30`s are both made by RCV. The Longs were different thru an agreement between Bobby Long and RCV, but now they are the same since a switch to 300M internals on the Dirty30`s earlier this year.

RCV is a side gig to a successful aerospace machine business.
RCV Performance Products is a division of Aircraft Gear Corp., a family-owned company with divisions that have been manufacturing aerospace and automotive drive train components in the U.S. for more than 60 years

That`s right up my alley! Sometimes when you find out who really makes a product, you are disappointed. Not this time!

[rue]

I think this is a smart move for Trail Gear, now they have the strongest birf on the market. But it might take a bit for the Long fan club to get over this one. LMAO

[lilmonster]

I guess it will be the end of economicaly priced axles for toyota

[rue]

Nitro is now sellin birfs, so there will still be another guy in the birf market.

[Creepy]

Those are re-packaged RCV too. That same link above has that info in it.

One manufacturer for all the birfs.

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Wonder why RCV doesn't sell birfs under there name?? I tried to get my birfs through Pecks, but Jason said that there wasn't a listing for them.


Think that EMPI makes birfs to. Think they started makin the first dirty 30s.

[rue]

Well, it looks like us Toy guys might be able to get our Longfield right from Pecks now, instead of the other side of the country!!

www.rcvperformance.com/categories.aspx?catID=RCVP_TOYOTA_CV_AXLES


I hope this is true??? Maybe Tracy will confirm.

[Creepy]

RCV Performance is the original manufacturer of Longfield Brand
CV joints and axles that the Toyota community has come to
rely on for strength, reliability and customer service. The spirit
and enthusiasm of Bobby Long is alive today and continues to
flourish in the products that RCV now offers factory direct. All
RCV Toyota products are USA made to the exact specifications
pioneered by Bobby and RCV engineers. The use of 300M
internal components separates RCV from the competition. The
result is the Strongest Axles on the Planet®. Please be aware
RCV Performance branded Toyota 30 spline sets are the only
authentic product true to form with the Bobby Long tradition.

That reads to me like the RCV's are Long's, and the Dirty30's have something about them that makes them slightly less strong. As we know, Trail-Gear bought the Longfield brand - they can stick the Long name on Dirty30's if they wish, doesn't mean they are the same things.

Hhmm?

In any case, I'd probably rather order RCV Toy parts from locals than Trail-Gear out West, if given the choice.

I'm still tied to Trail-Gear because they are going to honour the Long warranty.