If you have a neighbor that is familiar with tractors, seek them out and get their advice. The first tractor I ever sat in was my first tractor. I was a complete city boy with no experience when the wife and I bought our country place 7-1/2 years ago just north of Centerville, TX. We now have a Kubota
L2800 4WD (loader, mower, box blade, rake, tiller, post hole digger, hipper/cultivator, subsoiler), Kubota RTV900 side-by-side, Kubota T1880 lawn tractor, John Deere 310G Tractor/Loader/Backhoe, DitchWitch trencher and a TroyBilt
Chipper/Shredder. One of my neighbors has a JD 310D TLB and he gave me lessons and advice in the use of a Backhoe. He is a wizard on that machine and has taught me quite a bit about the repairs and maintenance.
Also, you now have neighbors all over the country here at TBN.