Alaska the last frontier

larry@stinescorner · Oct 31, 2016

Did amybody see Otto fixing the manure spreader and running the pto manure spreader with the 8n tractor?

Tx Jim · Oct 31, 2016

I didn't see that episode but I saw in disbelief an episode where Otto was operating 6' tiller(I think) on a JD 40. I would think the 40 with trans driven pto and not very slow low gear wouldn't be a good choice for operating a tiller

MN Scott · Oct 31, 2016

If you notice later on in the show he had it hooked to one of his bigger AC tractors. The tedder was then hooked to the 8N. My dad and uncle pulled a 125 bushel Minnesota spreader for years with a Farmall Super H in our hills with no issues. In last years season there was a brand new looking John Deere MFD loader tractor in the back ground on one of the early shows. Also in one of the earlier seasons there was a new looking Chevy 4X4 dulley, Duramax with a big aluminum goose-neck featherlite stock trailer behind it. I imagine two or three loads would take Otto's herd to the head of the bay avoiding the "cattle drive". The Kiltchers are not as hard up as they want viewers to believe.

rick1 · Oct 31, 2016

Looked it up once Otto is worth around 4
million probably includeshould all his
assets

Gundoctor · Oct 31, 2016

I watch this show a lot. They out in the bush "Where do they get this Equipment and how do they pay for it?? But best of all Where do they get FUEL for them???

Half · Oct 31, 2016

Like all shows, a lot of things are staged, he had the spreader beaters running, no drag chains showing in the spreader, next shot the chains were in the spreader. Also when it showed him spreading _ _ _ _, it looked like it was a different spreader, I only caught a quick look, but it looked like the name on the side of the spreader he was using was missing. Those places aren't as remote as they want you to think. Just have to sort out all the BS, watch close enough and you can catch it. All these reality shows stop being reality when the camera is turned on.

D beatty · Oct 31, 2016

If you look it up Otto & Charlotte 5 million, ATZ & Bonnie 7 million, ATZ Lee & Jane 2 million, Ejvin & Eve 2 million, and Jewel 40 million. The main homestead sets just off a road. This is just like Billy Brown family. On the show they have no money to by what they need( their alway wanting to trade for what they need) but they have a nice bunch of firearms. Billy Brown is not poor. Its all put on for TV and people that are gullible enough to watch it.

John Deere D · Oct 31, 2016

Nice scenery.......

Story line is so so ..........

Steve@Advance · Oct 31, 2016

Fuel is a good question.

Think how much the barge would use on one of their scavenger hunts for scrap metal!

ptfarmer · Oct 31, 2016

All the "reality" tv shows are scripted in some way, but Alaska the last frontier is the only one really worth watching. Sure it has it flaws, but its better than anything else that's on Sunday night tv.

Pair-a-dice farm · Oct 31, 2016

Anyone with half sense and one eye can see that the so called reality shows are staged for entertainment. However some of the story line may be the way some of the local less fortunate live. I know a few families that live off the land, grow and hunt what they eat and have a few livestock and um..vegetable gardens just to survive. They may own a few acres that drive up their net worth but their lifestyle is pretty meager. I would imagine that the TV royalties off of these TV shows would sustain most of us very well.

rrman61 · Oct 31, 2016

If you look closely in some shots there's power lines.they are not that hard up.some people(me included) enjoy doing things for themselves even if I they can afford just buying it or hiring it done.on top of that I was raised poor so I'm cheap! Lol

GordoSD · Oct 31, 2016

Look at Alaska map for the Kenai Peninsula and Kachemak Bay. They are around the corner east of Homer. You could drive a two wheel drive Cadillac to within 100 yards of one of the homesteads. On a paved highway.Old's place is further in the woods that they are. And I imagine he has done much of what they do.

BarnyardEngineering · Oct 31, 2016

I don't think they ever, ever mentioned being "hard up." Not once.

They never said they didn't have power, either. In fact the electric lines have been clearly visible since day one of the show. How do you think they run the freezers?

Heck they have broadband Internet.

They WANT to live the homesteading/subsistence lifestyle. They're out there by choice.

Doug-Iowa · Oct 31, 2016

I tell my wife that with not much more effort I could have as much junk as Otto, so she better be content with what I do have!

Same episode had Evan in his new shop which was nice by anyone's standards. I've noticed the equipment has improved here and there throughout the series so they're spending some of that realty show money. I actually talked to a native Alaskan this past summer and asked him if the locals get upset by these reality shows. He said not really, most of the time it accurately reflects events that happen from time to time. But he also said they have to make it look like a rush all the time because otherwise the show would be too boring to watch. I certainly got the impression nothing happens quickly in rural Alaska.

brutus49DC · Oct 31, 2016

My friend was at their place in September. he said they are 7 miles from a sizeable town and if they would turn the camera you could see the highway. Hardly the remote, on our own existence in the middle of nowhere that is portrayed. I do watch it sometimes but Hollywood is making it less watchable than it used to be.

D beatty · Oct 31, 2016

The people that live off grid use propane frig & freezer.

lenray · Oct 31, 2016

The singer JEWEL is the daughter of Atz and sister to some and cousin to the others.

UncleTom · Oct 31, 2016

I just got back from Alaska last week for a 2 week vacation at my sons. I watch all the Alaska shows. Some i dont belive everything but the shows do interest me. You can go to Homer AK on 'google earth and see there place. They have the road named after them i think.

GordoSD · Oct 31, 2016

I'm waiting for the show where crazy Otto has a fatal accident. You should watch it with your kids or grandkids and tell them NEVER EVER do that! LOL

MarkB_MI · Nov 1, 2016

I don't watch reality shows for the most part, but my wife likes this one so sometimes I watch it with her and give my running commentary from the peanut gallery. Like the time they pretended it was Christmas, when I pointed out how the show couldn't have been filmed anytime close to December, since there was far too much daylight.

BarnyardEngineering · Nov 1, 2016

Not to mention that it takes 3 months to edit the raw footage into a show.

How anyone is fooled or surprised these days by the fact that these reality shows are largely staged and dramatized is beyond me.

W_B · Nov 1, 2016

I was in a pilot for an Animal Planet show that didn't get picked up. The premise was a host that participated in different events and situations that were animal related. In this pilot episode the host was part of our Ohio State Fair Llama Show. I was the show announcer so would have been in a lot of the scenes, they even filmed several solos where I was announcing results. It wasn't exactly scripted but more set up scenes as the show progressed. There was some pre-show things done with the superintendent of the show and her llamas at her farm and in the little town near her. None of us never saw the completed and edited show as they wouldn't release a copy to us to view, even after they decided not to continue production.

It was an interesting experience seeing all the behind the camera stuff the went on with two cameras, sound guys, assistants and two producers, one from Animal Planet and one from the company trying to sell the show. They were more than willing to listen to suggestions on things to do and film, nice bunch overall. The host was a comedian, name escapes me, but he went on to do some other series work and comedy specials.

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