Dennis, thank you for the reply, good point on the brands, I don't want to start a war
I guess I should explain a bit better what we want.
We are building later this year a new house on a 3 1/2 acre lot, we are in Kansas so we don't get much snow but we do get a little bit (this year a lot), maybe 2 or 3 times a year just a few inches.
My main priority is going to be the mowing of the lot. Aside from that I will be doing all the landscaping so there will be lots of soil moving, mulch moving, seeding, fertilizing, aerating, etc.
We are considering getting a dump trailer for our jeep so in theory the soil moving will be done by it, same goes for any big loads.
I am really starting to lean towards just getting a really good mower which will be comfortable and won't take 10 hours to mow with. I guess the main requirement of it will be to be able to pull certain attachments like seed spreaders, aerators, maybe a tiller? The snow removal won't be very heavy but our driveway is not going to be paved so I will need to do some occasional work to it.
As for price, well we aren't sure yet of whats there, I am guessing we won't go past 5k for a mower but if it was a sub compact tractor we probably wouldn't go past 12k with a front loader, but then again I am leaning towards the mower more and more.
Thanks,
--Carlos