[Tim Hancock]

My runway is around 5 acres and then I have about 3 1/2-4 acres of grass in th hangar and house yards. For the wide open places I use an old 1941 Ford 9N (paid about $1500 IIRC about 10 years ago) with a 6' 3 bladed PTO driven finish mower and staggered out from that is a cheap Swisher self engined 5' finish mower (around $1200 at Northern Hydraulics about 7-8 years ago). I also have an old 4' chopper for the tractor but don't really use it anymore.

For the yards, I bought a locally built simple hydrostatic 5' mower with an neat front deck that flips up for easy cleaning/blade sharpening. A more modern tractor would be better for you, but I have a 4 wheel drive ATV for snow and an old Bobcat for when I need a loader.