Otto with halftracks

rick n ohio · Dec 29, 2019

Otto the guy on Alaska the last frontier
just put half tracks on a Ford 8n that his
father bought.he dug the tracks out of the
weeds he said the last time they were on
the tractor was 1968.

old · Dec 29, 2019

Yes but did not notice it is a side mount distributor 8N so the tractor is a late 1950 to 1952

Steve@Advance · Dec 29, 2019

I was just watching that!

Some more footage of it toward the end.

TBA · Dec 29, 2019

I use to like the show but now TV has paid them so much money that it is not that real homesteading with all the new toys,equipped and gear they have bought. O yea thats TV

ptfarmer · Dec 29, 2019

(quoted from post at 19:38:28 12/29/19) I use to like the show but now TV has paid them so much money that it is not that real homesteading with all the new toys,equipped and gear they have bought. O yea thats TV

They had lot's of money before the show ever happened.

Reid Johnson · Dec 29, 2019

I thought that was pretty cool Otto put them on the tractor. It actually got me interested to see more about them. So I got online and did a search, and it brought me on here. Plus other sites.

4play · Dec 29, 2019

Their family homestead is 600 something acres, his dad started the homestead as an immigrant from Switzerland before WWII, he was granted 160ac. His dad also helped write the State Constitution and later became a Senator. The family has had a some fame and success before the show. His brother is a known musician in the AK, and also the Father of the famous musician, Jewel. Otto has a net worth of around 5 million dollars, I'd say he's a pretty smart fellow, and businessman.

JMS/.MN · Dec 30, 2019

Arps half tracks was one brand...maybe others too? They were marketed in the 50s.

2x4 · Dec 30, 2019

Jewel starred in a good movie I just saw "Ride with the Devil". Its about the Civil War in Missouri some where around where 'old' lives.

Mike M · Dec 30, 2019

My uncle had a set of those made by Arps and he put them on a JD 70 gas tractor. I remember them on the tractor. I think he got them because it was really wet one year and they used them to pick corn.

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