[LEAKYSEALS951]

I'm gonna take a slightly different angle on this-

One interesting thing I've seen on the internet tractor forums is a piece of advice which states you should buy the tractor for what you are going to 99% primarily use it for- which generally means people need a lot less tractor than they think. For example, many people would write "I'm going to clear such and such piece of land, then maintain/mow it, what do I need?"

I would think, being tractor forums with a bunch of burly tractor guys, they'd say "GO BIG", but they rarely ever did. Almost always the tractor gurus stated to rent/hire out the clearing stuff, and buy the smallest tractor necessary to maintain what is now cleared. Many of them would even say to stick with garden tractors.

I think if you have a tractor with a rear pto and is powerful enough to run a bush hog without getting bogged down, you are good to go.

I've got 4-5 acres and a john deere x728, which is basically a glorified lawnmower. It's got a 3 point hitch, 66 inch deck, and I've got a rear blade, box blade, 72 inch rake, , rear scoop bucket (poor man's front bucket), and tow behind 62 inch offset mower (That's a 128 inch finish cut swath folks!).

It doesn't have a rear PTO (one is available but I am too cheap to spring for it)and I miss that alot. I also wish I had a mini backhoe on the back like that kubota. For finish mowing around trees and flowerbeds, and the weekly mowing rituals, the smaller size can't be beat. It works well for my property, and now that it is mostly cleared, I am 98% mowing with it, and using the rear scoop for mulch spreading.

I'm not advocating anything that small, but it has worked well for me. I bought it primarily for it's low center of gravity/manueverability for mowing off camber sections of yard.

It sounds like after you've cleared your land to your liking, you will be primarily cutting/ bush hogging thicker sections, and I don't think that tractor you showed may be that far off. Like some of the other guy's said, it might be nice to have a little more HP, so it doesn't bog, but I like it's 4wd, rear pto, rear backhoe, and front bucket. Does it have a mower included? Don't forget to include the price of any implements you will need to buy in your budget/ final purchase decision.

Also, factor in where you are going to store all your implements. Do you have a garage or are they gonna sit in the woods or a field. That stuff adds up after a while. That backhoe, while cool, is going to be limited in what it can dig and is going to be doing a lot of sitting.

Finally, a large part of my yard is wooded, like yours. When I first moved here I bought a chipper/shredder and used it a lot. That got old quick for that much woods. I haven't used it for years. It is also loud for the neighbors. Check your burn laws- in the end I made a dedicated burn pile section in the yard (made it look like a happy fire pit for smores.etc)- but I have burned more stuff in it that you can image- and I am still behind on what needs to be cleaned up in terms of dead brush.