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San Luis Crossing Going North Into USA
I usually use the Calexico East crossing going north from the Baja, and then drive east to Yuma in the USA, but I've noticed that the wait times at San Luis are generally quite a bit shorter than at Calexico East. Has anyone crossed at San Luis going north with a 25 to 30ft travel trailer RECENTLY? Any tips? Should I stick with Calexico despite the wait times being longer? Thanks in advance.1.1KViews0likes2CommentsRe: New Border Regulations
So for those folks who are so willing to endorse the new rules being imposed on returning Snowbirds, if your Federal Government told you to load your families onto train cars so that you could be taken to Virus Protection Facilities for your own safety, would you do it? YES. Yes, I think you would, but the whole time, as they herded you on board the trains, you'd be shaking your finger and yelling at those of us who refused, accusing us of putting Canadians in danger. You don't even realize what you are promoting.805Views0likes0Comments- 804Views0likes0Comments
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I can't believe how many nasty comments are coming from people back in Canada who are supposed to be compassionate, tolerant, and understanding Canadians, just because they allowed themselves to be bullied by their Government into spending their winter in lock down. We have been on the Mexican Baja near Cabo since November, leading a life that is very close to the normal non-pandemic life, keeping active and healthy, instead of being housebound in the snow and ice in Canada. I defend the right of those who were bullied into staying home to stay home, but they should be tolerant too, and fully accept that we adults made a different decision. We don't have many years left, and we weren't interested in wasting one of those precious years sitting at home. PLUS, please keep in mind we are NOT breaking any laws - we are guaranteed freedom to travel by our Charter of Rights. As for the land border crossing rules, we don't see them as particularly problematic. Obtaining the PCR test in the USA will be easy, and even though we think it is completely illogical and un-necessary, we will happily do the test as we cross the border back into Canada, and we will do the other obligatory test ten days later. (Incidentally, Health Canada officials at a House of Commons hearing on Feb 19, admitted that there was no scientific data to back up the vindictive new rules. That should be good fodder for court cases against the Government like the one launched by JCCF.). As most people now know, worldwide cases of Covid are PLUNGING, and if things stay on the present trajectory, the rules will have to be very different when we leave to return to Canada in later April or early May. By that time, at the present rate of decline, the infection levels will be miniscule.804Views0likes0CommentsRe: Mexican Diesel Fuel - Sulfur Levels Update
OK, here we are on Christmas eve, and NOT A SINGLE CASE OF SULFUR-IN-FUEL PROBLEMS reported to me since the start of the 2018/19 Snowbird season in early October. I would typically have assisted at least a couple of dozen owners by now. This is, of course, completely consistent with the information I have been posting since mid-summer - the days of sulfur-in-fuel problems in Mexico are OVER. The diesel fuel is now universally ULSD. So, feel free to finally sell your old worn out 2006 and earlier diesel trucks and motorhomes and upgrade to 2018 or 2019 versions. It goes without saying that I'm not expecting to have to publish any sulfur-in-fuel updates for NEXT season. Merry Christmas.788Views0likes0CommentsRe: More ULSD info
This information will probably drive the naysayers into another frenzy, but I'm pleased to announce that I have just driven a 2019 GMC Sierra Duramax pickup down the Baja from San Ysidro to Los Barriles (about an hour north of San Jose del Cabo), with NO sulfur-in-fuel related issues. I had deliberately run my fuel tank to low before entering Mexico so that almost all of the fuel used was from Pemex stations on the Baja. I utilized my GM test equipment to watch the emissions during the trip and for the first time ever there was NO indication of sulfur levels above 15 ppm. This is yet one more piece of evidence that ULSD is now the norm on the entire Baja, consistent with information provided by Pemex, and consistent with the Mexican refinery upgrades confirmed by companies other than Pemex.624Views0likes0CommentsRe: Large Fifth Wheel in Yosemite, North Pines Campground
It was a VERY VERY tight fit for our 39 ft Escalade, even though the description implied there was plenty of room. As "Finally Time" states, boulders and trees opposite make it very difficult. We had to ask other folks to move their cars and trucks, and a crowd assembled to watch me put the trailer on the site, and again when I hauled it out. We didn't get any scratches or dents, but it was a challenge. I wouldn't do it again.638Views0likes0CommentsRe: Mexican Diesel Fuel - Sulfur Levels Update
It sure seems like I have to go through a huge p---ing match on this forum every year, even though, YEAR AFTER YEAR, my information has been 100% correct in predicting what issues, if any, would be present for owners of late model diesels. In 11 years of my work on this project, NOT A SINGLE NAYSAYER and NOT A SINGLE PROPHET OF DOOM, has been correct. At this stage, I'm not particularly interested in yet another p----ing match, even though I have plenty of documentation, including a copy of a Pemex delivery slip to a station in Puerto Vallarta showing DUBA delivery, and reports from Mexico by HUNDREDS of drivers of late model diesel vehicles. I'll just post one item here today, because it comes from a source outside of my contacts and from outside of Pemex. It can be found at this link: http://arendal.com.mx/en/?project=duba-salina-cruz As you can see, it is a confirmation from Arendal Engineering, which I believe is a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler, stating that the Mexican Salina Cruz refinery desulfuring upgrade (to allow it to produce ULSD) has been completed. Here is a link to the 2014 original Foster Wheeler announcement that they had the contract and it would be finished in early 2018: https://www.ogj.com/articles/2014/10/details-emerge-on-pemex-s-salina-cruz-refinery-upgrade.html788Views0likes0CommentsRe: Mexican Diesel Fuel - Sulfur Levels Update
Interesting - the article claims that 81% of the diesel fuel was ULSD in July, when the article was written. Who knows what to believe. ALL of my lab tests from the Mainland and Baja are ULSD, and there hasn't been a single case of sulfur poisoning reported to me since late 2017. The anecdotal and lab evidence suggests that the CEO's comments are at odds with what is going on in the field and the contracts awarded to upgrade refineries in the last year. I'm sticking to my position that there's ULSD everywhere because problems have COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED.790Views0likes0Comments
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