About all I can tell you is before you start looking at any specific tractors or other equipment the first step is to clearly define exactly what you need it to accomplish. If you need it to be a routine lawnmower that limits size, tires, and ballasting to something that won’t rut up your lawn. If you need to pick up 1000lb rocks, that limits you to a heavier machine with a loader capable of lifting the rock and implement your picking it up with. If you’re running a chipper or some other implement that requires substantial PTO HP that will narrow your choices. Budget may limit your choices as well.
When I started looking for equipment I spent probably two months considering what exactly we needed and wanted to do with the property. Wife and I set a budget at well over what I ended up spending. I looked at CTL’s, tractors, tele-handlers, and the Bobcat ToolCat. Settled on a tractor as the best fit and had a reasonable handle on what minimum PTO HP was required for the most taxing job (chipper and bush hog), drawbar capacity (hauling firewood up stupidly steep hills and pulling a 6’ boxscrape), loader capacity (grapple for brush, logs, removing a good sized railroad tie retaining wall, and moving rocks up to 1500lb). Due to the bush hogging and relatively moderate drawbar needs led me to R4 tires and a relatively light machine. PTO HP put me above the B’s and smaller L’s. Physical dimensions and the width of some of our side sloped trails which would be very difficult and destructive to widen limited physical size. Weather when working (snow blowing v working in tight wooded areas) may influence cab v open station. Do you have needs to dig? If yes, a backhoe is much better than just a loader. Acreage and how much time you have is important. Sure, you can bush hog 50 acres with a 4’ bush hog, but do you really need a bigger deck so you aren’t spending multiple days doing it? You can mow your yard with a BX but you can’t lift a 2000lb boulder with it, nor can you mow your yard routinely with a MX.
That kind of analysis is needed to put you on the machine that will do what you need it to do. Absent that sort of analysis you’re likely to either have too big or too small of a machine or not have it set up properly with the right ballasting, tires, and hydraulic options. If you end up with the wrong machine you will be disappointed with its performance.
If you can post a list of exactly what you need it to do and a list of what you want it to do, you’re more likely to get accurate recommendations much better than “buy the biggest machine your budget allows” or “I love mine so get one just like mine”. Same thing if you go to a dealer to get advice. If you can clearly articulate what you need it to do, you’re more likely to get it right the first time.
Finally, with a top tier machine such as a Kubota, you can swap the wrong machine for the right one without taking a bath financially. However, if you have implements that are sized for the initial wrong machine, trading them for implements suited to the right sized machine later isn’t as painless financially so it’s important to get it right the first time if possible.
