Perduabo, I'm somewhat in the same situation as you when it comes to finances. This will take longer and a bit more work but seeing as we don't have alot of decent days ahead of us till our so called winter and unless your in a hurry I'd start with a chainsaw and a
FEL and friends and appropriate beverages
and maybe a BBQ after and go to town on your land. For small cedars and such We've had good luck with a snatch strap and a pickup. Shoot one weekend we turned the young upcoming drivers loose with a snatch strap and truck and told them to have at it. Keep in mind these snatch straps are in excess of 25,000 lbs and our trucks have HD bumpers "welded" to the frame. They had a blast, we all ate good and no one got hurt (everything was done as safe as possible).
It may not work for you but the whole idea is that there is more than one way to skin a cat or in this case clear some land.