In Charlotte, off to Wilmington, NC, gotta get some antifreeze to deliver to the Volvo truck plant in Dublin, Va.
Loaders took a sample from the bottom of the tanker and put the antifreeze in a thing that looked like a spyglass , looked in the glass, pointed it at the sun, and declared it -- "OK". I asked them what they were measuring and they told me the spyglass tells them the freeze point and it was below the required -34 def F.  So they continue filling the tanker and I am soon on my way to Dublin.

Everything is going too well!  A BLOWOUT on the trailer.

Another view.  The tread (alligator in the trade lingo) has wrapped around the axle.

So I call the Emergency maintenance and a tire repair guy came and replaced the tire.  elapsed time 1-1/2 hours.  But while I am broken down, I get the notification that the consignee can not take deliver at 0700 as scheduled, but had pushed deliver back to 1500.

When I arrived at 2:30 pm, I informed that they did not have room, but at 8 pm they would have used up enough antifreeze to just have enough room in their storage tank.

So I came back at 8, the readout for their tank indicated that to load their tank to 90% (strict rules forbid going over 90% ), they would be taking exactly 4318 gallons.  The amount per the BOL in the tanker was 4318 gallons.  WHAT ARE THE ODDS of that happening???

At the unloading point , it is dark with almost no light, cold in the twenties.  Unloading rules required the receivers to take a sample and figure out the freeze point to make sure the load was ok. So we drew a sample in a little bottle. They also have the same spyglass instrument to check the freeze point, but there no sun.  But I guess a flashlight will do, because that is what they spied into with the glass.
Here the conversation [remember this is the 2nd shift, and both of these guys do not normally do this function.  I believe that they were supervisors  also remember that the antifreeze must be liquid at negative 34]

#1 looking through the glass:  It reads negative 44

#2: Good, it is OK to unload

#1:No, it is not ok, 44 is bigger than 34.

#2: Yes, it is ok

#1: No, 44 is bigger than 34

Bob: Should I take it back and have them add water?

#1: We can add water here!.....Oh (to #2)  yeah you're right it is ok.

So we all stopped shivering in the dark and proceeded to unload.