I agree with TripleR. There is no substitute for a good 40 HP tractor, bush hog, plow, and disk when in a farming situation. You can pick up a good used tractor for approx $3000, maybe a little more. The bush hog, plow, and disk will run you another $1500. Got to factor in transportation while you are at it.

Having taken care of the work part of your equation, you can then get just about any kind of ATV you like. I would suggest a good UTV like a Ranger to haul stuff around the farm.

 

I guess I should have read your earlier post closer when you said a tractor is out of the question.

Arctic Cat makes farming type equipment that hooks up to their line of ATVs. Their H1 series has good low end performance which is what you would want in a utility vehicle being used as a tractor. Polaris can work as as well as a Can Am Outlander. Shoot, practically all of the major brands can be used for that matter when you think of it but I probably would not go less than a 650 for work.

I have a Polaris 800 I bought for work and an Outlander 800 I bought for play. Either would be good for what you want to do. I think the accessories will be what will set you back when you get ready to buy. Just Google ATV Farming Accessories to get an idea of what is available and their costs. Farming accessories don't come cheap.

 

While I have two good sized farm tractors 45 and 65 HP with 4wd with front loaders to work on my food plots and maintain the land, there are locations on some of our properties that they will not reach, so I use a Kubota BX2200 4wd in these areas and it will get just about anyplace an ATV will go. Out of curiosity I checked a couple of local dealers and there are plenty of these little types of tractors for sale reasonably priced. They can be trailered as easily as an ATV as they weigh around 1300 pounds. Like I said previously, once the ground has been worked up once, you can probably keep it up with an ATV, but if it hasn't been touched in forty years, it is going to be pretty well packed depending of course on the soil type. I have seen a medium sized tractor sit spinning its wheels and digging a hole trying to break up fallow ground with a high clay content. Just a thought.

 

I would think a UTV might be suited better to this type of work and has the added benifit of being able to take someone with you to share the work. I do not have a UTV that I would recomend but I do know the Polaris Ranger has been around for a long time. I just picked up a used John Deere Gator and from the little I have used it it is a real worker. Absolutely no SPORT, top speed 25mph but a real work horse hauls a bunch of stuff and does pretty good in the mud too.

If you wanted a quad I would suggest Arctic Cats TBX to do work with.