Thanks all
useful info, I'll show him this later
stufe35 - we actually have about 50acre altogether, mostly still rented out, the 5 acre is my goat field in front of the house, so it annoys me, and I want to tidy it up. Then there is about 4acre lower down that I'll want to tidy up as a hay field, then there is another 5 acre I'm taking back off the tenant, full of rushes etc. The little S'dexta I used to drive (many yrs ago) had a concrete block which hooked on the back. I'm convinced we don't need a 4wd, the front loader would be rarely used, unless in the future we go onto big bales, then I should think we would have a rear spike. we aren't really near York, more on the lancashire brder, it's just the nearest place all the tractors are advertised.
Thanks, your info, very useful a lot to think about.
We have a little old Kubota compact, I never felt safe on it. It doesn't run now and he won't even look at it.