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Title: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: buglebuster on December 06, 2012, 04:04:59 PM
Yesterday we lost an icon to the offroading community. A local from our own state, Bobby Long of longfield super axles. RIP Bobby you will be missed!
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: 92xj on December 06, 2012, 04:06:21 PM
Yep, happened last night. 
He made some great products.  I ran his ujoints for years.
Was a good man and would give you the shirt off his back.
You will be missed Bobby.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: buglebuster on December 06, 2012, 04:10:51 PM
When i bought my longfield birfs for my toyota i went to bobby's house and picked them up. Almost half off normal price! Also wheeled in a grouo with him at elbe once.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: timberghost72 on December 06, 2012, 05:25:38 PM
He was fighting some pretty nasty stuff. Sad and a big loss.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on December 06, 2012, 05:53:55 PM
R.i.p
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 06, 2012, 06:00:23 PM
Who and what did he do ?
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: timberghost72 on December 06, 2012, 06:07:58 PM
http://www.nw-wheelers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=108 (http://www.nw-wheelers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=108)
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: Austrian Hunter on December 06, 2012, 06:12:35 PM
It does not give the whole story without registering.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: buglebuster on December 06, 2012, 06:34:08 PM
Bobby Long is the owner of Longfield Super Axles and the inventor of the Longfield.
Here is his website to get an idea of what he did for the hobby of Rock Crawling: http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com (http://www.longfieldsuperaxles.com)

If you own and wheel a toyota you know that the axles in the front of the toyota straight axle, known as birfields are the weak link. Once you lock up the front end, you will break one! I broke 4 before i decided to spend the $$ and buy his product. He was the first in the industry to design an "unbreakable birfield" and he has an unconditional warrenty for failure, no matter what. I have seen the break but very very uncommon. People have tried to duplicate but nothing compares. The toyota offroad world would not be the same without this man.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: huntandjeep on December 06, 2012, 07:09:43 PM
Wow what a loss i ran his shafts in my yota for years. A freind just bought a jeep with his shafts, never knew he made Jeep stuff also.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 06, 2012, 07:22:08 PM
So what happened to him ?
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: buglebuster on December 06, 2012, 07:28:36 PM
He had a large cancerous tumor in his back, had something like 11 surgeries on it over the years, i think 3 in the last year. I guess he was in unbearable pain and was almost wheelchair ridden.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: CAMPMEAT on December 06, 2012, 07:34:44 PM
He had a large cancerous tumor in his back, had something like 11 surgeries on it over the years, i think 3 in the last year. I guess he was in unbearable pain and was almost wheelchair ridden.

That's too bad.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: Yankee on December 06, 2012, 09:04:43 PM
Yep, real bummer.  I run his birfields in my '73 Land cruiser, was a great dude.
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: kentrek on December 06, 2012, 09:11:18 PM
wow..seems like just the other day i was at his house...

the world needs more people like bobby
Title: Re: we lost an offroad icon
Post by: BigGoonTuna on December 07, 2012, 04:43:34 AM
man, that's sad news.  his family will be in my thoughts.  been a few years since i was into building toyotas, bobby was a great guy.
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