Tractor

Kubota or New Holland. I have a New Holland 45 horsepower, 4x4, hydrostatic transmission with a loader. It is the Cadillac of compacts. I have ballast in the rear tires and use it a lot around the acreage. Don't spend the money for a backhoe unless you can see a lot of uses for it. I don't have one, but have had many friends get talked into buying them only to use them once. That's thousands of dollars wasted. If you have the grass, buy a nice finish mower or bush hog. I have a post hole driller that I use a lot for building sheds and fences. Get a diesel as they are quiet and efficient. I can run mine for many, many hours on a tank of fuel. I use the loader bucket to get under trailer hitches and shove them around all the time. Works great if the tractor is heavy enough.

PS- had to laugh at someone calling 3 acres a ranch. Where I'm from (not MD), that's a city lot and 1000+ acres is a ranch. That is where you would need our other tractor...