By Nathan Prewett, sponsored content
They started at 16 years old and are still going strong to this very day. Twin Blades owners Colby and Cliff McChesney, 33 now, derived the name of their lawn maintenance and landscaping business from the fact that they are twin brothers.
“We were 16, and we just started out doing families’ yards and friends of families and started growing from there pretty quick,” Cliff McChesney said, adding that word of mouth grew. “We’ve been getting new calls yearly from the commercial side, so we’ve been growing over the years and slowly getting bigger and bigger.”
They originally were called C and C Lawn Care based on their names but changed the title later as they began taking off.
Twin Blades offers a variety of services related to the outdoor spaces of your home. In addition to landscaping and lawn service, Twin Blades also does irrigation repairs, installation, and some lighting.
“We’re full-service pretty much around the board as far as all our outdoor needs goes,” Colby McChesney said.
Services also include lighting during the holiday season.
“We hang and do Christmas decorations in the winter,” Cliff McChesney said. “It works pretty well for people. There’s quite a few of them that don’t want to get on the roof and hang Christmas lights or whatnot.”
The Trussville business services multiple areas outside of the city. For their lawn care services, they will see customers north in the Springville area and east in Moody and Pell City, as well as elsewhere toward the Center Point, Mountain Brook, and Vestavia areas.
For landscaping, Twin Blades will service customers at a 10-mile radius towards Ashville, Pelham, and Gardendale. They serve both residential and commercial customers.
They said that they can transform a home’s outdoor space into something that is much improved, being able to also keep a yard in good shape by working with drain systems. Sometimes water is an issue that customers go to them to resolve.
“One we did a few years ago in Trussville Springs is where we transformed a lady’s back yard,” Colby McChesney said. “It was pretty shady, like a 10- or 12-foot area. It would stay shady and stay wet year-round, so we ended up doing a whole pathway through there and we ended up planting a bunch of plants she liked. And we fixed her drain, put a whole French drain system so it would keep the water off her yard.”
There is a slew of plants and trees that Twin Blades can beautify a yard with. Popular plants that customers commonly request are boxwoods, dogwoods, and cherry trees. Others are gardenias, camellias, Japanese maples, and others.
To make a home more private, Twin Blades offers shrubberies and trees that can fulfill this purpose such as emerald green arborvitaes.
Cliff McChesney credits the growth of Twin Blades to hard work, having begun small and working their way to a reputable business now with a mindset of determination.
“We started working at McDonald’s when we were 14,” he said. “We worked there a year and a half. I know it’s a starter job for everybody, but I learned a little bit about teamwork and the customer service base.”
Colby McChesney added to Cliff’s opinion, saying that word of mouth has helped build a reputation for them in addition to working hard and having it pay off.
“That and also customer relations and the quality of the work we provide. And then the word of mouth,” he said. “We’re insured so people can feel peace of mind with that, knowing that we know what we’re doing.”
He said that the work of Twin Blades speaks for itself, with the reputation that they’ve made for themselves allowing them to take pride in what they do.
“We’re not just a random person just jumping into it just trying to make a quick dollar,” he said. “We’re actually doing this as a career and a living, so we put more pride and effort into our work. And we make sure our clients are satisfied.”
Currently, Twin Blades is in the process of building a new website, which will be www.twinbladesllc.com. And while there is not an exact date on when it will go live, they hope that it will be ready in a month or two months’ time.
In the meantime, Twin Blades Lawn and Landscaping maintains a page on Facebook. They are located at 400 Cahaba Springs in Trussville.
To reach Twin Blades by phone you can call Colby at 205-478-7259 and Cliff at 205-478-7257.