Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I have pretty much the same problem as the original poster except my land (20 acres) is much more densely forested (I live on a mountainside, typical Oregon rain forest). I want to keep the mature conifers (mostly Doug Fir) and some other mature trees, but get rid of a lot of scrub brush/maple/oak.
A lot of that is too thick to cut with a mower, but I will still need to do something with what I cut up with a chain saw or brush cutter (looking into a Stihl Kombi and a chain saw for the stuff I can't cut with a mower) and I either need to cut it up for firewood or chew it up with a
chipper. Either way I may have to pull out some of the wood to process it or process it on the spot.
There are trails through the forest and those are more or less what I want to clear, generally a lot of the scrub is on the flatter sections (still sloped significantly) and I want to clear a lot of that and use some of that land for terraced veggie gardens.
I could also use a log splitter and some of the other implements.
A four wheeled tractor just won't make it because of the slope and because I think there are places where such a tractor just won't fit between the trees that I don't want to cut down just to fit a tractor between them.
I don't require the tractor be used, but I do prefer a diesel. I am willing to spend money for axle extensions and possibly for wheel extensions if they would still fit between the trees. I think I probably want taller wheels because much of the terrain is rough.
I am leaning towards the BCS because it seems like it is more popular and there might be more implements for it?