Scythe Mower

[Nicola D]

Hi does anyone know where we can buy a scythe mower in Italy? We live in Umbria. We think this is the best machine to cut our grass - we have 2 1/2 hect. most of which is on a slope and are having a problem finding a farmer with enough time to help us keep the grass down on a regular basis. Any advise on other machines would be welcome. Thanks in anticipation for any replies. Nicola

[deborahandricky]

Hi Nicola
Try these guys, found them very,very helpful and the prices were great.........good luck
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[deborahandricky]

Sorry I should also have added, that if you have a lot of grass, maybe better to look at a ride on, scythe mowers are great but a lot of clearing needs to be done afterwards .........good luck

[Nicola D]

Thanks D and R

We cannot have a ride on as it would be dangerous - our land is in a slope and too lumpy, bumpy. Hence the scythe mower, resigned to it being a very long and ardous job!!!!!!! Thanks for info

[Noble]

Do you mean a moto falcatrice that you walk along behind Nicola?
If so we would tell you that we bought one to cut the grass around our olives. A reasonably flat piece of land for Umbria. My husband is over 16 stone and he finds it hardwork to push across the field and thinks it a bad buy. A heavy duty strimmer would be better if you can cut fairly regularly. Try before you buy is our advice. We have lots of slopes and strim. As there are various types of strimmer again take advice and don't forget protective clothing!

[Nicola D]

Thanks very much for this, and yes we do mean the machine you describe. We have a strimmer and my husband has had a go, but we thought this might be better given the amount of land we have which is on a slope and very bumpy.

Definitely will re-consider in the light of your comments

Thank you again
Nicola

[Noble]

As you are in Umbria too, you are welcome to try out our motorised sythe, we'd even sell it to you if it is what you want to use! I am not the expert on the subject but a strimmer with sort of "bike handle bar" handles seems to be better suited to hilly strimming.

[Flyingveepixie]

Hi Nicola,
I cut my 2 acres in Puglia with an austrian scythe which I bought from here :

Austrian Scythes for sale.

Simon, the guy who runs it is great. He imports these from austria for the uk market and can advise you on all matters regarding blades, scythe size etc. Failing that you could pop up to the schroekenfux factory in Rossleithen (Austria) and buy it direct from the manufacturer. When you try scything you will never want to use another strimmer so go for it and good luck. If you want any more info or help feel free to pm me.

Cheers

[pigro]

grazie on two counts - firstly, nice to see consideration given to a traditional & environmentally friendly option. Second, for lnking to the website that quotes Tolstoy when trying to shift agricultural kit ... highbrow or what :-)

[Adrian Brown]

Originally Posted by deborahandricky

Hi Nicola
Try these guys, found them very,very helpful and the prices were great.........good luck
Negozio eBay - trattorino: rasaerba, decespugliatore, forno

I am driving down to Marche for the summer ( house will hopefully be finished! ) and it would be nice to have some gardening equipment waiting for me when I arrive so I can get stuck in straight away. The prices on the agrieuro site look very good and I would like to purchase a couple of things. I cannot find a website for them other than on ebay. I presume that I will have to register with Italian ebay but can I use a UK paypal account to pay for the goods.

Adrian