Cutting Edge Lawn Care originated in 1982. Todd Tindel, a freshman in a northwest Austin high school, started his business with a $25 garage sale lawn mower and grew his business throughout high school and college. In 1990, Todd graduated from Abilene Christian University with a BBA in business administration. With sales of $65,000 his senior year, Todd decided to stay with the business that had brought him this far.

In 1993, Todd developed the company pledge: Customers are first – ALWAYS. As word of the way Cutting Edge Lawn Care respects and treats customers spread, the business grew by leaps and bounds.

In 1999, Todd married Shelley Farrier, third grade teacher at Brentwood Christian School, located in north Austin. In 2002, their first child, Wes, was born. They now live in Pflugerville.

Today, at the ripe old age of 41, Todd has more than 28 years of experience in the lawn care business. He manages a staff of 22 employees. Todd quotes all work for customers, repairs sprinkler systems, repairs all company lawn equipment, and schedules the work of all crews. “So far, I’ve had a great time with the business and my family,” Todd says. “I know I have been blessed, because I have been surrounded by so many wonderful people, family and customers.”

Jerry Tindel came to Austin in 1962 and worked 17 years in the Christian publishing business. He later worked as a purchaser for the State, for another publishing firm and for a printing firm. In 1994, Jerry asked Todd if he could join him in the lawn care business and he started as the business manager for Cutting Edge. Jerry’s experience was in marketing, production, purchasing, accounting, and computers. One of his first business decisions was to buy a PC and the lawn care software to facilitate the growth of Cutting Edge.

Jerry is married 45 years to Nancy, the Registrar for Brentwood Christian School. Jerry and Nancy have another son, Trey, who helped immeasurably with the lawn business while Todd was attending college in Abilene. They also have a daughter, Tammy Welch, who works part-time in the office for Cutting Edge. Her husband, Keith Welch, works with Todd, providing quotes to customers. He also assists in crew management.

“Cutting Edge Lawn Care,” said Jerry, “grew out of our family life, and out of our strong Christian faith. Our philosophy is to always give more than we get, and to conduct business by the golden rule. Read our Employee Policy and Procedures and see how we expect that same attitude among all of our employees. We are here to serve.”

Some of our employees have been with us ten years, others a little over a year. But we are blessed to have some of the very finest employees in Austin. Just read the Customer Comments and see what some of our customers have written about the “serving” employees.

We use the newest and most productive equipment to help our customers have pretty lawns. Following is a listing of some of the equipment we operate:

10 pickups and trailers
9 Gravely 34” ZTR mowers
9 Honda 21” hydrostatic mowers
1 Power Washer
18 Shindaiwa string trimmers
16 Echo hand blowers
9 Echo hand hedge trimmers
9 Stihl and shindaiwa pole hedge trimmers
3 Echo pole chain saws