I do about the same acreage as you every year so can relate. Over the years Ive used numerous ways of removing the never ending crop of rocks.
I started by hand with a stone boat and yes even the mentioned old car hood. At 60 years old now I have pretty much given up on that method.
I had a manure bucket on a skid steer at one point as well and that worked OK except the tines were spaced too wide.
Then I also had a tow behind rock picker The kind with tines that flipped them into a rear bucket. It worked OK but was cumbersome and on side hills took some maneuvering to make it work. I just sold mine a year or so ago for $600. Something like it might be an option for you. Slower than the skid steer but it was tolerable at the time.
Currently use a small 4' wide rock bucket on a skid-steer that I bought for $500. It was almost new and even has a grapple. Only thing is, I had to change the mount over to a quick attach style. Thought it was a great deal. It works the best of anything Ive used. I can see as mentioned, being on a tractor, visibility wouldn't be ideal but probably manageable. The guy I bought the rock bucket from was using it on a small tractor and he said it worked fine for him. I like the narrow width even on the skid steer.
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