I'm sure when I was looking for the link above there were calculators for this. Modicasa will have a lot more actual experience on this as I’ve never worked here. I assume you want to know this before coming here to work? Perhaps Modicasa knows if such calculators exist and if they are any good? Obviously my Italian reading is poor as I thought it did seem to be indicating there was an allowance?
Piedmont seems a popular destination for a lot of English speaking people at the moment, only been the once and it was covered in snow! Well it was Christmas and it was still beautiful. Perhaps another forum will come out of this influx of people. Best of luck to you all on your venture.
Chris, unlikely I know in your area, but if any of the land is flat or less than 20-30 degree angle, then you might want to think about a lawnmower. I mentioned we mow half our land, it was tractor undulating land with 2m high mixed weeds and stones when we started. Granted we bought a cheap second hand mower off a friend to start with. It had no back wheel traction so was very hard to use, but it did over time (and a few stone clunks) get the land to almost look like a lawn at times. Point I was wanting to make is that I wish the other half of the land was not as steep! After doing both for over 5 years now I can say without doubt the mower is a lot less hard work and much, much quicker.
I've seen a few places here in Abruzzo where horses are kept and are obviously for riding, including a couple of schools by the look of them. Our only interest being that our two children have been horse riding since they were very young and still do al the time. Your comment on hoe the horses will settle caught my eye as I do suspect it will be very different for them here (and you). The heat is an obvious difference and likely one it is worth doing some research online about how to cope. Would have also thought diseases and pest would be worth checking out, your vet there may help or know someone to advise you.
Yes our Italian neighbour said the same about Echo, but mind you he did buy a stihl when his Echo chainsaw packed up. The other I was thinking of was a very similar name "Efco" who use Emak engines. We have a traction lawnmower of theirs only 2 years old, but thrashed to hell which is very good on the half hectare of grass we cut. As to size, well that was the reason I asked what you wanted it for, we strim almost all of the other half hectare of land we have and it needs something with power. However weight is also an issue if strimming for a long time. A bit like chainsaws you dont always pay more for larger powerful models, small and reasonable power sometimes cost more. I think with strimmers you will find the better the make the more you pay, but as Modi has indicated it's best to pay a little more unless you don't use it often and/or are prepared to pay for a couple more within a year or two. A certain country of origin comes to mind and those makes (made in that country) which are sold in your bigger DIY shops and some ferramenta. I doubt I would ever consider buying strimmers, chainsaws at the bigger DIY places like Leroy or Brico as much as I do use them for not so big items.
Chris it depends on how much land you have to strim, but I reckon it's one of those thing that you only get what you pay for and stihl are by far the best. However there are a couple Italian makes/engines (Olmac I think is one) which are very good as well, but may cost as much. We have a mcculloch with a husqvarna engine (would not have it without this) and it's been great the last 4-5 years, but it is on the heavy side. I would make sure I bought from somewhere that had good after service centre and could/would maintain the thing. We have a service place which is 20 minutes away but worth the trip as people come from miles around to go there. If you are only needing it for around the house i.e. small amounts of work I would look for a good make but much lighter machine.
Not been but did look online there before buying in Abruzzo. From what we could see (likes of Google street view), it's much more twee than Abruzzo, but not quite as nice as Tuscany. Our first choice would have been the south of the latter , then the north, then Umbria. There was no way we could afford our first choice and the rest went the same way in order. Basically what we could get pound for pound our choice was Abruzzo over Le Marche (which we looked at before Abruzzo). We considered nother further southon account of water shortage reports, but no longer know how valid they were. If we had of done we would likely would have looked as far south as we could, likely Sicily. For what it's worth after being here for over 5 years I don't think it would matter to us now as we've found it's your immediate location that's the most important, then followed by ease of access to everything without being (for us) next to a motor way or in the centre of a village, let alone a city. Best of luck in your search.
Well not too sure why you should have to wait, but maybe the company you are using have some control over this. If it's hired server space, then the structure should allow you to upload and see the results immediately. It is a while since I worked, let alone using FTP. I realised after I'd posted that things had moved on a long way from when I first started working in this area. I',m sure there is free FTP software out there now that makes it very easy to up and download. When I started it was all via a UNIX command line, now with a device window one side and server the other you can simply drag and drop. I'm sure something like Filezilla will still be around ....
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I'm sure when I was looking for the link above there were calculators for this. Modicasa will have a lot more actual experience on this as I’ve never worked here. I assume you want to know this before coming here to work? Perhaps Modicasa knows if such calculators exist and if they are any good? Obviously my Italian reading is poor as I thought it did seem to be indicating there was an allowance?
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Piedmont seems a popular destination for a lot of English speaking people at the moment, only been the once and it was covered in snow! Well it was Christmas and it was still beautiful. Perhaps another forum will come out of this influx of people. Best of luck to you all on your venture.
Chris, unlikely I know in your area, but if any of the land is flat or less than 20-30 degree angle, then you might want to think about a lawnmower. I mentioned we mow half our land, it was tractor undulating land with 2m high mixed weeds and stones when we started. Granted we bought a cheap second hand mower off a friend to start with. It had no back wheel traction so was very hard to use, but it did over time (and a few stone clunks) get the land to almost look like a lawn at times. Point I was wanting to make is that I wish the other half of the land was not as steep! After doing both for over 5 years now I can say without doubt the mower is a lot less hard work and much, much quicker.
I've seen a few places here in Abruzzo where horses are kept and are obviously for riding, including a couple of schools by the look of them. Our only interest being that our two children have been horse riding since they were very young and still do al the time. Your comment on hoe the horses will settle caught my eye as I do suspect it will be very different for them here (and you). The heat is an obvious difference and likely one it is worth doing some research online about how to cope. Would have also thought diseases and pest would be worth checking out, your vet there may help or know someone to advise you.
Yes our Italian neighbour said the same about Echo, but mind you he did buy a stihl when his Echo chainsaw packed up. The other I was thinking of was a very similar name "Efco" who use Emak engines. We have a traction lawnmower of theirs only 2 years old, but thrashed to hell which is very good on the half hectare of grass we cut. As to size, well that was the reason I asked what you wanted it for, we strim almost all of the other half hectare of land we have and it needs something with power. However weight is also an issue if strimming for a long time. A bit like chainsaws you dont always pay more for larger powerful models, small and reasonable power sometimes cost more. I think with strimmers you will find the better the make the more you pay, but as Modi has indicated it's best to pay a little more unless you don't use it often and/or are prepared to pay for a couple more within a year or two. A certain country of origin comes to mind and those makes (made in that country) which are sold in your bigger DIY shops and some ferramenta. I doubt I would ever consider buying strimmers, chainsaws at the bigger DIY places like Leroy or Brico as much as I do use them for not so big items.
Oh and I did mean to add that you may need to venture onto the "Bagni di Lucca" forum for help on where to go!
Chris it depends on how much land you have to strim, but I reckon it's one of those thing that you only get what you pay for and stihl are by far the best. However there are a couple Italian makes/engines (Olmac I think is one) which are very good as well, but may cost as much. We have a mcculloch with a husqvarna engine (would not have it without this) and it's been great the last 4-5 years, but it is on the heavy side. I would make sure I bought from somewhere that had good after service centre and could/would maintain the thing. We have a service place which is 20 minutes away but worth the trip as people come from miles around to go there. If you are only needing it for around the house i.e. small amounts of work I would look for a good make but much lighter machine.
Not been but did look online there before buying in Abruzzo. From what we could see (likes of Google street view), it's much more twee than Abruzzo, but not quite as nice as Tuscany. Our first choice would have been the south of the latter , then the north, then Umbria. There was no way we could afford our first choice and the rest went the same way in order. Basically what we could get pound for pound our choice was Abruzzo over Le Marche (which we looked at before Abruzzo). We considered nother further southon account of water shortage reports, but no longer know how valid they were. If we had of done we would likely would have looked as far south as we could, likely Sicily. For what it's worth after being here for over 5 years I don't think it would matter to us now as we've found it's your immediate location that's the most important, then followed by ease of access to everything without being (for us) next to a motor way or in the centre of a village, let alone a city. Best of luck in your search.
Well not too sure why you should have to wait, but maybe the company you are using have some control over this. If it's hired server space, then the structure should allow you to upload and see the results immediately. It is a while since I worked, let alone using FTP. I realised after I'd posted that things had moved on a long way from when I first started working in this area. I',m sure there is free FTP software out there now that makes it very easy to up and download. When I started it was all via a UNIX command line, now with a device window one side and server the other you can simply drag and drop. I'm sure something like Filezilla will still be around ....