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<br>OK, I know enough to know that I don't know what I need. So looking for help in figuring what best fits and figure a description with goals makes most sense.We recently bought 100 ac. in the Adirondacks (Warrewn County, N.Y.) with house, and it comes with mixed conditions:(1) about 4 ac. surrounding lawn (circling pond so some wet edges)and will need to mow; (2) a barn, and will be caring for horses (2 or 3)and moving and removing as necessary; (3) have about 5 acs. of mixed terrain/hilly bumpy pasture cicrcling about 1 acre of wetland (so will have need to "brush hog" in the field (that about taps out my technical expertise; (4) will want to remove a couple dozen stump/and nearly dead trees as the swampy section encroached on some old woodlands; and (5)in the remaining mixed/hilly woodlands (about 80 - 90 acres of mostly wooded but interspersed with wetlands) we have extensive but very rough and sometimes very old logging roads that I would like to improve (ruts get pretty deep in spots), clear and probably extend. In addition to forgoing, we heat with wood to supplement electric (read expensive)so would like to cut and haul my own as I clean wooded sections and have about 800 foot of gravel drive with and avg snowfall of approx 100 inches a year. Basic fix up grading also required each spring.Currently I buy all my mowing and plowing for about $2000 a year, but haven't yet started on fields or other projects. We live in the sticks in a non-ag region (only one registered working farm in the county) so not many dealers, and getting something reliable pretty important. Given that I want to do a bit of everything what do I need? Should I think packages? 4 in 1 blades? Will a brush hog do mowing or do I need a finishing mower too? Does plowing with a tractor even make sense? Nobody up here seems to plow with tractors (this is gun rack pickup country and sees the south side of zero degrees frequently enough that I can sure understand the heated pick-up preference). New, used? And how to you go about getting to reasoned prices? I am not looking to steal something, but don't want to be robbed either; and unlike cars find price comparisons less transparent. Thoughts, NYS dealer recommendations, etc much appreciated.

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