Canadian Border
We are planning a trip to Alaska in our 40-foot RV, with a tow vehicle, driving from Washington through Canada. What can we expect at the Canadian border? Is it a hassle to cross? Would like to hea...
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v10superduty wrote:super_camper wrote:
Lastly, while crossing at Queenston we were pulled aside and had our hitch system inspected (as did many others towing). This took about 30 minutes in total to wait and have the 1 minute inspection done. We were told several fatal accidents in NYS prompted the inspection.
super camper...
was this search going south or back into Canada?
Did they have highway transport types doing check or were the border agents doing their own inspection?
NEVER heard of this before, when did this happen?
I am not personally worried about it, just real curious.
The inspection was done while entering the US from Canada, I don't recall what year but it was definitely prior to 2007 when we got our MH. We went through the usual stuff with the border agent and at the end he asked us to pull to the side behind some other vehicles. We waited in line for a while before someone came up and inspected our setup, we were in a minivan towing a popup at the time.
The guy was wearing a uniform but I have no idea what agency he represented. He didn't ask any questions about weight or anything like that, he asked me to turn on the 4-way flashers, did a walk-around, checked out the hitch and sent us on our way.
