Plum Crazy Open Modified Tractor Pulling Team

After a few setbacks it is with great regret that plum will not be making the trek to Nyngan on the 3rd of August.

Backend is in and the cage is sitting on top
Hopefully she'll be back making noise soon

All back together and ready for one of our sponsors Stanyer Engineering Pty Ltd to sandblast and paint in the next week or two

Doing a little selector adjustment today getting closer now

Made a bit of progress on plum today going back together nicely

We had a lot of great guesses about what we are planning to do with our new MAN diff.
If you’ve followed Plum over the last 10-15 years you would’ve noticed that the big 540 Chevs have really been giving the old WD9 rear end a bit of grief and as a result we have decided to replace the rear end with the new planetary rear end.
This will prevent future breakdowns however it will also require too much modification, so we have purchased a bunch of steel and are making a new tractor, pulling the 540 Chevs out of Plum, using the cage and other bits we will need and starting from scratch. Remains of Plum Crazy will be scrapped to help fund the new tractor.
Thanks everyone for guessing and please watch this space 🙂

Even though Plum isn’t here at Quamby today, the crew is here to support the other pullers.

You may have met our commentators before as they have been here to entertain you previously. First we have Darren Bone.

Quick Facts about Darren Bone
• Is the number 1 commentator in Australia for sports sheep shearing competitions. He was a sheep shearing judge previously but found he couldn’t be found being bias towards his sons who were competing so changed to commentating.
• Is also a bare foot skiing commentator.
• Lives in Nhill, Victoria.
• He has been coming to the Quambatook Tractor Pull for years to see his favourite tractor Plum Crazy.
• Last weekend Darren was commentating at the Natimuk Show.
• Is a Trevor Oliver fan. If you have been around tractor pulling for the long haul, you will know who Trevor Oliver is.
• Is a 4500 acre crop cereal crop and sheep farmer.
• Darren says he is always learning and
• His son has been shearing in New Zealand competitively this year and is #3 in Australia. It is easy to hear how proud he is of his son’s achievements.

Pop quiz - What might this be? A new tractor or an upgrade for Plum

Some sad news today for the plum fans the new gears we ordered are not going to be delivered until after Easter.
We will be at Quamby Easter weekend even if only to help.
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The Plum Crazy crew would like to thank their major sponsor Stanyer Engineering Pty Ltd, for the sponsoring of these awesome shirts.

Thanks must also go to one of our team members for their design. Thanks Sarah.

If anyone is keen on purchasing one of these shirts, please message us.

Just discovered that we might need another new drive shaft out of the clutch

They’re out yippee 👏👏👏