Get the 790. Some people are fixated with the number of gears they have. This is not a sports car where you run through the gearbox from 1-12. You will most likely end up using at most 3 or 4 of all the various gears. You will find the few that suit your needs and terrain. A 790 is old technology, but bulletproof. If you have been reading
TBN for long, I doubt if you ever saw a single post about "issues" with a 790. That can't be said for a lot of other tractors in the same
HP range. Go sit on one and see if it fits you. Better yet, take some measurements to see if it fits your garage or storage shed.
If you end up leaning towards the 790, I will send you a laundry list of stuff to ask for before the deal is done and things to buy at initial purchase. A 790 may not be glamorous, but it is a solid perfomer that costs about $1.40 per hour to run and will do anything a bigger tractor will if you have patience and more time. Mine is excavating a hillside for a house on a mountaintop. I am almost done. The local contractors all wanted $8-12K to do the work just for the initial clearing and driveway. My little 790 is going to finish the job in about 45 hours engine time. I figure it will almost pay for itself one just for this one home site. When I am done, I will then have a low hours tractor that will last another 50 years. My grandaughter can pass it on to her kids........