If your land is flat, you may want to look at a bigger 2wd tractor. You spend a lot more for 4wd and you may not need it. This would allow you the $ to get a loader. I personally would rather have 4wd and hydrostatic.
Trust me on this - IF you get a 2WD you'll kick yerself in the arse ten times a day..
I guess there are valid pros/cons re: gears vs. hydrostat. The dealer tried to talk me into hydrostat and I wanted gears. I won. LOT less cost to fix if/when something goes TU..
FWIW, I found out a year or two later that the shop was kept busy fixin' hydros and rarely had a gears compact in for any trans work. YMMV..
On the link I provided, note that a few of those came with loader AND backhoe. 1000 hours is nothin' on those.. The 4310 has a bigger hydraulic capacity than my 4210, but - for my uses - that's never been an issue.
Good luck with whatever the OP gets..
