"Authentic Longfield" from TrailGear.

Alan · Feb 25, 2014

Hi all,

Any of you guys seen this yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ul4CnoJbyGg

-Alan

Corey Y · Feb 25, 2014

Trailgear bought Longfield.

lilyota · Feb 25, 2014

They already changed them, there's no 300m internals.

The Longfield

ain'tstuckjustresting · Feb 26, 2014

**** you Matt Messer!

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Sandtrap1986 · Feb 26, 2014

I knew it was going to happen.... China made junk .... Quantity over quality..... Sad day

hlb3 · Feb 26, 2014

Sandtrap1986 said:
I knew it was going to happen.... China made junk .... Quantity over quality..... Sad day

Probably should check your facts, they aren't made in China...

Sandtrap1986 · Feb 26, 2014

I'm talking about trail gear as a whole

DHR Darren · Feb 26, 2014

What is funny is everyone is cutting Trailgear but if anyone here had a chance to take their Craigslist or backyard fab "shop" to the level Matt has you would in a heartbeat. Good for him on his successes and people will still keep buying.

Until there are a string of material related failures then I would keep buying them if I was a Toyota guy.

crash2 · Feb 26, 2014

DHR Darren said:
What is funny is everyone is cutting Trailgear but if anyone here had a chance to take their Craigslist or backyard fab "shop" to the level Matt has you would in a heartbeat. Good for him on his successes and people will still keep buying.

Until there are a string of material related failures then I would keep buying them if I was a Toyota guy.

There is still a big difference between quality and quantity

mudmaster · Feb 26, 2014

So if my Longfields break I'm stuck with these??

DHR Darren · Feb 26, 2014

crash said:
There is still a big difference between quality and quantity

Nothing is stopping anyone here from making a product that they deem superior.

lilyota · Feb 26, 2014

TG said they would not change anything, they lied. Plain and simple. You must like liars DHR. Sweet business morals if you ask me, I used to like TG till this

DHR Darren · Feb 26, 2014

lilyota said:
TG said they would not change anything, they lied. Plain and simple. You must like liars DHR. Sweet business morals if you ask me, I used to like TG till this

Has anyone actually done a hardness test of their own or compared the two in realworld use?

lilyota · Feb 26, 2014

You just don't get it do you?

CHOP SHOP · Feb 26, 2014

DHR Darren said:
Has anyone actually done a hardness test of their own or compared the two in realworld use?

Bobby used to.

But now he is dead and trailgear OWNS his old testing machine.

Bobby was always fueled by making US wheelers the BEST product he could bring to market, not profit.

Tg has always been fueled with profit and marketing. They ONLY care about the Longfield name, not the product.

CHOP SHOP · Feb 26, 2014

DHR Darren said:
Nothing is stopping anyone here from making a product that they deem superior.

Why buy Sonny's heads when Procomps flow pretty well for a third the price? :corn:

DHR Darren · Feb 26, 2014

lilyota said:
You just don't get it do you?

Actually I do get it.

Bobby was an icon and made a great product that he was deeply passionate about. Trailgear bought that product line and cares more about corporate numbers.

It sucks for the purists but it has happened. You can make the best of it and continue on or sit and complain about it and do nothing.