A tractor will whip an atv in this category, but it can be done with an atv. I have done quite well with my 500cc Suzuki Vinson. I have a fabricated one bottom plow, an antique grape mini 3 bottom plow, a set of 5 foot wide spring tooth harrows, and a 15 gallon sprayer with a boom. I plant nearly ten acres with the largest being a 2.5 acre plot. Would I love a compact tractor? Hell yes, can afford one? Not without giving up my quad. I use it way more than I would a tractor throughout the year so I put up with having to engineer a few things and a little more time on the planting.