(10-24-2021 03:43 PM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 11:36 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 11:31 AM)georgewebb Wrote:  

(10-24-2021 10:25 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  My goods were sent to the border by Mexican truck, transferred at the border to an American truck, and from there sent to destinations all over the USA. I had agents in each city to procure the trucks and oversee the transfers.

I'm curious about how this step worked: in these border transfers, was the the trailer part of the tractor-trailer rig simply unhitched from the Mexican tractor and re-hitched to the American one, with the goods staying in the same trailer? Or were the goods unloaded from one trailer and reloaded into a different one?

The goods were physically transferred from the Mexican truck to the American truck. The mexican truck - all parts of it - was not allowed beyond the frontier.

Thanks! I'm a bit surprised, as I had assumed that truck trailers were essentially containerized cargo with wheels attached. Then again, loading and unloading offers opportunities for pilferage that may appeal to teamster unions and customs inspectors alike.

My goods were bundled into units designed for forklift unloading. They were transferred directly from the Mexican truck to the American about 4,000 pounds at a time. My suppliers paid the Mexican trucker, and I paid the American trucker, and the company supervising the transfer.

My goods were transferred AFTER passing through customs, by nonunion personnel. Pilferage was not a problem. The problem was the Mexican truck and driver could not go very far from the border.

PM me if you want more details.

The deal was that the Mexican truck could enter the US, but could not go into the interior. There are checkpoints they could not legally pass. And to be honest, most Mexican truckers did not want to come any farther.