I have the same set up, I bought the same Brush hog this spring. I recommend a tooth bar and bucket forks as the very most useful additions to the loader. Aside from digging with the fel the tooth bar adds incredible strength to the bucket lip
I'll be buying a tooth bar soon.
Primary duty is fine mowing about 3 acres around the house. Hogging about 5 acres of meadow. Putting in trails for motorcycles, hiking and fishing. Moving dirt, gardening a 1 acre plot - and in general looking cool