Today was another travel day. We needed to respond to our truck's warning that we were low on DEF. We had an unopened 2.5 gallon container, which we poured into the DEF reservoir. The truck continued to warn us each time we restarted that we were close to running out of DEF. Evidently it did not get the message that DEF had been added. We stopped at a truck stop and found a DEF pump--the first one we have used. It was simple to add DEF--just like refueling--and much cheaper than buying the DEF in plastic containers (not to mention more environmentally sound).
We also decided to stop at the Blue Beacon in Oakley, KS. We talked with the manager in advance about not using too high a pressure on the front end cap, because we were worried about the possibility of disturbing the graphics. We had no problem, and the truck and trailer were shining bright and clean. So of course the next thing we saw was a huge dark storm approaching!
We stopped in Ellis, KS, for the night, at a very nice city campground: Lakeside Campground. The "lake" is a wide spot in what appears to be a creek. The sites are very nice--and a real bargain at $15 for 50 amp electricity and water. We got set up and headed out for our walk--but we took our raincoats along. Good thing, because we did get some rain for a while. Not enough to have any effect on the drought, just enough to spatter the truck and trailer a bit.
A friendly police officer stopped by in the evening to collect the fee.
We watched parts of the Democratic National Convention on PBS. We heard several excellent and moving speeches and were especially impressed by the tribute to Ted Kennedy, a speech by former Ohio governor Ted Strickland and the speech by Michelle Obama.
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Regarding the DEF lo alarm; we had the same issue and after stopping by the Ford dealer he told me that the tank must be over half full to reset the alarm…and a single 2.5 gallon container isn't enough from the alarm point to reset. Looking around the web; I found that a common procedure is to run a system status check every time you tow. When it indicates less than ½ full, add a 2.5 gallon bottle of DEF and then replace it (or stop by a Pilot or other truck stop that has it on pump if you do that…but we usually travel less than a diesel tank full and tend to fill up while not towing which means not at a truck stop so no DEF pump).
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