My
Woodmaxx 8H
chipper has small doors to allow access to the blades on the rotor. Getting to the bed knife is a bit more difficult but not that hard. The rotor is never removed. The
chipper is the one implement that I sometimes want more power for (my 3725 is 37hp, 32 at the pto). We can't burn here and I have far more wood than I can burn as firewood or give away. So I chip material up to the
chipper's capacity. I could use more power for the larger sizes of wood. There is a lot less firewood in Paso Robles than here so you may not need to chip larger material. Get a hydraulic feed
chipper. Hydraulic feed is safer and lets you adjust feed speed for different size material.
Woodmaxx and Woodland Mills make relatively inexpensive ones, Wallenstein makes really nice ones that cost a lot more.
I'm on 20 acres that are steeper than the OP's. There are many places I can't run the tractor due to the grade or the trees or both. But it's still very useful. The shot of the truck on a side slope is more of side slope than I'd want to operate my tractor on. A dip on the low side or rise on the high side might be too much. None of the pictured slopes are too steep to go up and down though.
My tractor was set up by the dealer with slightly smaller diameter tires (to lower the CG), spacers on the rear wheels, and Rimguard ballast in the rear tires. It's much more stable on slopes than my previous small Kubota (which had the tires moved out as wide as possible).
Leave the house dirt work to the pros. They have the experience to make it come out right. Do the maintenance and land improvement yourself.
No compact tractor will be able to pull out walnut trees. You can cut them flush to the ground and mow over the stumps.
If you have plenty of money a Kubota Grand L is super nice. I didn't want to spend that much I liked the Branson dealer, so I got a Branson. It turns out that I use the tractor much more than I thought I would and could have justified a grand L. But the Branson works fine- I can chip that big stuff but I have to set the feed speed at minimum. I didn't get a backhoe when I bought the tractor but I've run into a bunch of projects where I can use one, so I got a used one from my dealer.
I also shopped Kubota at the C&N up here. I could not get them to budge off list price. The L01s are low feature content models and rather light weight. The Branson is heavier (more stable, better traction) and has many features I wanted that the L01s don't have- independent electric over hydraulic PTO, loader joystick on the fender, standard cruise control, telescoping stabilizers and extendable lower links for easier implement changes. It's also quieter than the
L3301 I test drove.
If you're going to be picking stuff up with pallet forks, get real SSQA pallet forks (and the SSQA option on the Kubotas). Clamp on forks put the center of the load WAY out there. Even SSQA forks put the center of the load farther out, which means the capacity is reduced. Tractor loaders, unless they are self levelling, don't keep the forks/bucket level as you raise the loader. So you have to monitor the angle of the load and adjust the forks/bucket as needed. I have similar delivery problems- there's a turn around at the house but many drivers are scared of our road and some trucks are too large to get up even if the driver is good. Sometimes it's easier to just pick it up at the freight depot.
If you're going to drive on pavement much don't get R1 tires. R4s have a wider track on many tractors, making for better stability. Most people prefer R4s.
