Welcome bullshark. I grew up in Pensacola and am very familiar with your type.
Anyway, to start off with, you did a the right thing by selecting a garden tractor for your 3 acres.
As for the rear PTO, there were some GTs that came standard with one, but they were optional on most. Today, you pretty much have to jump to a SCUT (sub-compact utility tractor) to get a rear PTO. You have a front PTO that runs at engine speed.
The 6500 just isn't a heavy enough frame for a very large implement. You can run a snowblower off the front PTO, and you could get a bucket or blade like the Johnny Bucket (johnnybucket.com) to give you some earth moving capability. You can also run a tiller, but will need to add a sleeve hitch.
http://bercomac.com/accessoiresDetails_ang.php?noAccessoire=45&directe=1
A sleeve hitch is basically a hinged hitch that allow up and down movement thus raising and lowering an implement. It mounts to the tractor at two points, and is therefore sometimes call a two point hitch. Johnny Products makes an electrically operated one if you think you will be operating with implements you might find heavy.
A 3-point hitch mounts to the tractor at 3 points: two lift arms and a top link to stablize the implement. They are usually hydraulicly operated and since you don't have hydraulics, not really an option for you. There are some clever folks who have built an electrically or winch operated 3PH for your type of GT.
3-point hitches come in several categories: category 0, limited category 1, cat 1, cat 2, and cat 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_hitch
As you browse the forum, you will note a lot of crafty folk who have made true front end loaders, generators, pumps, hitches, boom poles, etc for their modern GTs.
Look around and you may get some ideas.
Anyway, to start off with, you did a the right thing by selecting a garden tractor for your 3 acres.
As for the rear PTO, there were some GTs that came standard with one, but they were optional on most. Today, you pretty much have to jump to a SCUT (sub-compact utility tractor) to get a rear PTO. You have a front PTO that runs at engine speed.
The 6500 just isn't a heavy enough frame for a very large implement. You can run a snowblower off the front PTO, and you could get a bucket or blade like the Johnny Bucket (johnnybucket.com) to give you some earth moving capability. You can also run a tiller, but will need to add a sleeve hitch.
http://bercomac.com/accessoiresDetails_ang.php?noAccessoire=45&directe=1
A sleeve hitch is basically a hinged hitch that allow up and down movement thus raising and lowering an implement. It mounts to the tractor at two points, and is therefore sometimes call a two point hitch. Johnny Products makes an electrically operated one if you think you will be operating with implements you might find heavy.
A 3-point hitch mounts to the tractor at 3 points: two lift arms and a top link to stablize the implement. They are usually hydraulicly operated and since you don't have hydraulics, not really an option for you. There are some clever folks who have built an electrically or winch operated 3PH for your type of GT.
3-point hitches come in several categories: category 0, limited category 1, cat 1, cat 2, and cat 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_hitch
As you browse the forum, you will note a lot of crafty folk who have made true front end loaders, generators, pumps, hitches, boom poles, etc for their modern GTs.
Look around and you may get some ideas.
