I second that. Having a FEL eliminated a lot of work previously done by wheelbarrow. Even used the Payne's forks when building a 12'x16' deck by myself. Lifted and held a 16' pressure treated 2x10 in place so that I could level and screw it to the house.
I also used it to lift a 10'x12' loft into place until I could get some legs bolted to it in my steel building.
If you have the machine, you'll find ways to use it that you would never have thought of before.
I'll second JJZ's story. I bought my tractor last year, because we had a good bit of landscaping to do (which is about 1/2 done). Between that, a (very) little snow removal, and moving firewood around the property, I've managed 72 hours since last July, and 21 hours on the gear-driven B7100 that I owned from May until July. I don't use the B7100 to mow, it is too big (actually, more of a steering radius issue) for many of the areas of my small 1 acre property, so I have a G1800S (all wheel steering). I only put about 30 hours/year on that for mowing.
We've only had a few snows this winter, and it only takes about 10-20 minutes to clear our driveways with the back blade (didn't have a snow deep enough to use the 3pt blower), depending on whether I bother with the part that goes to the barn. It doesn't sound like much, but that same work takes 45-90 minutes with the walk-behind snow blower.
Now that I have the tractor, I've found out the same as JJZ, you'll find ways to use it htat you never would have thought. I have a set of forks ordered from Everything Attachments that I'll use for moving small pallets of firewood around (to avoid handling each individual piece several times).
The FEL is the tool I use the most on it, and once the landscaping is done, the forks will probably be what is on it most. The bucket will probably then only get used for distributing mulch, and some snow duty.
I guess that once the landscaping is done, I might only put 20-30 hours on per year, but that 20-30 hours will save me 120-150 hours of sometimes backbreaking work (I'm not getting any younger).
I have a 1998 B7100HST, which I purchased last year with only 455 hours on it (less than 50/year), the previous owner also had a larger tractor on the farm that did mouse of the work, so the B7100HST was only used where the other one was too big. So the hours/year were similar to mine, but for different reasons.
It also gives me a tool to do barter work for a friend of mine that does welding for me when I need it (I don't have a welder, or the skill).