I maybe starting working for a company that goes from Georgia to Canada. Pays good and sounds promising. My concerns is the Border crossing, so How much of a pain is it now days? I did cross over once back in 1997 but not since. They claim to have a permit where all I would have to do is get my bills scanned.

 

If your company has all the paperwork faxed to the border, with the matching PARS sticker attached to your paperwork, crossing is good. If the paperwork isn't faxed ahead, and you don't have the PARS sticker on your paperwork..your gonna sit for a few..hours..or days.

Have your Passport along as well.

 

Crossing into Canada is the easy part. The customs officers are fairly laid back and once you get to know the paperwork it'll become easy.

The real pain is crossing back into the US...cop killers are treated with more civility than Homeland Security treats truck drivers and thats why i'll never take another job that includes border crossing.

 

So how much is the US charging now to get back in the states? Last I knew it was like $5, but someone said it went up.

 

Yeah, but look at what you get for the price of admission!! :wink:

 

I went into Canada last week..didn't pay a dime coming back....except for the toll for the bridge crossing at Port Huron..or is that what ya were referring to??

 

No lube, no reach around, no thanks.

 

You only gotta pay the 5 or 10 bucks i think it is now, if you don't have a US customs border crossing sticker, its only 100 bucks a year for the sticker, so alot cheaper than paying each time.

All canadian trucks have this sticker, it speeds up your crossing, since it also have a chip embeded in it, that US customs computers pick up when you drive to the booth.

I also have a FAST card, i drove up to the booth, held my card out the window, and everything flashes up on US customs computers.
Load info included.
Always make sure you have your ACE manifest entry numbers before trying to enter the USA, up to 5000 dollar fine for showing up at the border without ACE entry number.

You americans don't realize how easy you got it, most canadian drivers have to deal with this border BS on every load.
The longest i ever sat at customs was about 2 hours tho, so i had good luck.

Sitting for 12 hours or more can happen some days tho, if the broker messed up your paperwork.

 

I crossed at Niagra Falls 2 weeks ago and had no problems in or out. Going in the fee was $18.50. Last week I crossed at the Vermont Border at Rock Island. The Canadian Invoice was in order and faxed in with a crossing time of 1800 hrs. Knowing I wasn't going to cross till 0600 hrs. the next day. I hear they like to wait till the last minute to clear the paperwork. However, there was no problem in or out. When I came out the only thing was to scan the truck and check a couple of side compartments. Nov. I crossed in Cornwall with a bridge toll of $15.25 but now $18.50. Still no passport required, just I.D. but they may ask for Birth Certificate.

 

Sorry for going off track everyone, but this post reminds me of British Customs at Dover. They let Dmitri and Sergei and all their pals in without hardly ever bothering them but pull Brit drivers onto the inspection bays routinely enough(I wonder if it is because we have some disposable income and Sergei and co only have a side box with old mutton and mouldy cheese in?)