Why buy DEF in a box?

Not always easy to take your skid steer or mini ex to the fuel island.

 

diesel 4 wheelers need it too!

 

I think it's more for light duty trucks , pickups and what not . I know my TDI Jetta didn't need def , best car I ever owned .

 

Not all fuel stops have DEF at the pumps .

 

The DEF pumps have a bad tendency to freeze in the winter... The boxed stuff is usually kept inside. Better to pay more for a few gallons than to run out because the pump was froze at your fuel stop.

 

i was lucky, since we had Penske trucks, i could get all the boxes of DEF i wanted for free. so i'd take 2 boxes, and each night when i fueled up, i used maybe nearly an entire gallon each time.

then the truck stop installed the DEF pumps. but i still had at least one box in the truck, "just in case" the pump at the truck stop did not work, and yes, that did happen a time or 2.

then my former employer got onsite fueling, and they had DEF.

but walmart (i believe??) or many auto parts stores sell DEF, and i have seen them priced about the same as the truck stops too in fact.

 

Up here in the northeast the Pilots/FlyingJ try to insulate the pumps as best they can during the winter months but sometimes they still freeze up good to carry a box or two on the truck.

 

Is that anything like wine in a box? @thelushlarry can we get a ruling

 

If you drive a lot on back roads you may not see a def pump for a while