Field Report: Same Truck, Same Family, Six Years Later

In 2020, the year she joined U.S. Pest Protection, Pest Pro Leah took a photo of her two daughters beside her service truck. This fall, Facebook brought it back as a memory, so the family recreated it, with a little brother in the lineup. Both photos show the same CH#482, our state pest control charter number.

Leah shared the two photos with her U.S. Pest teammates, and they made our whole week. With her blessing, we’re sharing them with you.

Field Report at a glance

Who	Leah, Pest Pro since 2020
Where	The White House area
The story	A 2020 photo of her daughters beside her truck, recreated in 2026 with their little brother
Along the way	Leah worked through her pregnancy, had her son, and came back to her route
The takeaway	Look for the charter number (CH#) on any pest control truck in Tennessee

What changed in six years

• The kids. The two little girls in the 2020 photo are a lot taller now, and they’ve picked up a little brother along the way.
• The truck. Her 2020 Ranger has given way to a newer F-150 with a hose reel in the back.
• The years. She has spent six of them as a U.S. Pest Pro, taking care of families in the White House area. Her customers love her.

A Pest Pro and a mom-to-be

That little brother has been part of Leah’s U.S. Pest story longer than you might think. Leah was pregnant with him while she was working as a Pest Pro.

We supported Leah working in the field until the heat made that too much, and then she moved to working in the office. She kept coming to work. One day at work, she started having contractions, went into labor, and had her baby boy.

Then Leah came back to work, on her route.

We want women to know there’s a real career for them in the field at U.S. Pest, including while they’re growing their families. Our benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, plus short- and long-term disability coverage. If that sounds like the kind of place you’d like to work, visit our Careers page.

What didn’t change

• The red, white, and blue U.S. Pest colors.
• The Whatever It Takes logo on the back of the truck.
• CH#482 on the front fender.
• A mom who is proud of where she works.

That last one matters most to us. We often say we’re not in the bug business. We’re in the people business. When a Pest Pro wants her kids in the picture with her work truck, twice, that tells you something about the people who come to your door.

What does CH# on a pest control truck mean?

That small “CH#482” on both trucks is U.S. Pest’s charter number from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. According to the department, a pest control company may legally do business in Tennessee only if its charter number is visible on its company vehicles.

So it’s more than a sticker. It’s a quick way to tell a licensed company from someone who isn’t. You’ll find our CH#482 on every U.S. Pest truck.

How to check a pest control company in Tennessee

What to look for	Why it matters
A charter number on the truck	Tennessee requires it on company vehicles before a company can legally do business.
The company on the state’s list	The Tennessee Department of Agriculture publishes a list of chartered companies you can check.
A solicitor’s card at the door	The department says a company representative selling door to door should carry a solicitor’s card it issues.
A real local office	Ask where the office is and who answers the phone if you need a callback.

The state also suggests getting more than one bid if you don’t know a company. We think that’s good advice, and we’re happy to be one of them.

The person in your driveway

Every U.S. Pest Pro passes a background check and drug testing and is state-certified. You’ll know them by the pressed shirt and logoed tie, because your home deserves professionals.

Some of them, like Leah, have kids at home who think the truck is the coolest thing on the street. And some of them, like Leah, have customers in White House who look forward to seeing that truck pull into the driveway.

You don’t keep a company twenty years over bugs. You keep them because we became family.

From The U.S. Pest Way, the guide every U.S. Pest teammate receives

Woman-owned, family-owned, since 1985

U.S. Pest Protection is a woman-owned, family-owned company, and the Nashville Business Journal has named us one of Nashville’s top woman-owned businesses. Leah’s story is one we’re especially proud to tell.

We’ve served Middle Tennessee since 1985, from offices in Hendersonville and Nashville. If you’d like a Pest Pro like Leah in your driveway, call 615-590-1260 or schedule a free inspection. Our pest control is backed by our Whatever It Takes Guarantee.

FAQs

Sources: Tennessee Department of Agriculture (charter numbers on vehicles, list of chartered companies, solicitor’s cards).