Re: If this Don\'t Beat ALL
My wife and I actually discussed going the atv route plus pull behind mower, disc, plow etc. We are both new to tractors and owning acreage. I'd only seen expensive used tractors and had been told that tractors were all expensive and the cheap ones weren't worth owning. We thought outfitting the atv would be cheaper and also more fun on the weekends.
It wasn't until I started doing A LOT of research and calling on used tractors that we finally found a decent one for an affordable price. I probably made 40 phone calls and we must have driven 200 miles in the course of a few weekends before we finally bought our tractor.
I am definitely glad that we bought the tractor instead of the atv. In case you're wondering our tractor is a 35hp Long and it came with a 5' bush hog and a 6' FEL, all for the price we would have paid for the atv. I'm learning how to use it all and there's no way I could have smoothed out the 8" deep potholes in the driveway with an atv.
Take home message (I'm sure it's no big surpise): research research research.
Clint