I purchased a JD 790 27hp 4wd tractor with the front end loader, a LX6 brushhog and a hard canopy on the top, the tractor was 11k and the front loader was 2500, and the mower was 3k the canopy was only about 300 and worth every penny. Looking back this was about the best purchase I could have made, the only thing I should have done different was to purchase the trailer and belly mower at the same time.
My uncle told me not to buy someone else's problem. But with the implements I wanted, new was way out of my budget. I got a JD790 4x4 with 300 hrs on it, trailer, FEL, box blade, MX5 brush hog, 5 ft. finish mower, 5 ft. tiller and a post hole digger for 10K. I LOVE this thing. There are some good deals out there if you look hard enough.