@cavewoman - thank you. Common sense and frugality won over the "I Wants!". This should last me for several years.
@mrspete - what I wanted wasn't what I would call "big equipment" - my neighbour has a Kubota with a mower and a front end loader (and a snow blower in winter) - that is big equipment for a one acre lot. Of course, since I live in farm country, I see the really big equipment all the time - nothing like trying to pass a combine on a country road to see what "big" really looks like ;-)
@daverobev, stangstache - I've thought about a trailer, and seen them for sale in peoples' yards, and they are another "I Want!". Really I would hardly ever use one, and that would be one more thing to have to store, look after, etc. I find having a hatchback is almost as good, and a lot easier on my time and money. I demolished an old manure pile one year over the course of a summer, bagging it in old dog food bags (strong and fairly wet-proof). I have carried pallets home in the Mazda, 2 at a time. I have brought 6 large bags of mushroom compost (very stinky) home in the Mazda. I have heavy cardboard in the back so dirty things don't leave a mess. And at my age I don't really want to have to shovel out a pickup truck or trailer all at one time, little bits work better ;-). I have a yard trailer for the tractor, so I can move soil, manure, compost, etc., wherever I want without worrying about the wheelbarrow tipping. This summer I moved 10 cubic yards of topsoil and am working on the second 10 cubic yard pile.