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vespaio
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importing gasoline
Hi,
Is it absolutely certain you cannot bring in extra gasoline into Baja? In 2017 we had 4 5-gallon tanks on the nose of my off-road trailer. These were
clearly visible to anyone interested, yet no one was. We crossed the border withouyt incident.
Thx, Ray
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4x4abc
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depends on who feels like making you dump it or return to US
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PaulW
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Absolutely certain. It has been the law since before 2017. No gas can cross southbound unless included in the vehicle tank.
You were just lucky the border person did not see the gas cans
Chances that would happen again is very unlikely.
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Quote: Originally posted by vespaio  | Hi,
Is it absolutely certain you cannot bring in extra gasoline into Baja? In 2017 we had 4 5-gallon tanks on the nose of my off-road trailer. These were
clearly visible to anyone interested, yet no one was. We crossed the border without incident.
Thx, Ray |
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bajaguy
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| Quote: Originally posted by vespaio | Hi,
Is it absolutely certain you cannot bring in extra gasoline into Baja? In 2017 we had 4 5-gallon tanks on the nose of my off-road trailer. These were
clearly visible to anyone interested, yet no one was. We crossed the border withouyt incident.
Thx, Ray |
Take 'em empty, fill 'em here
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Marc
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Sometimes it just depends on red or green light.
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Mr. Bills
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The week before Christmas a group of us with jerry cans on each vehicle crossed southbound at Tecate with no incident and no one paying any attention
to whether our jerry cans were full or empty. (They were empty.)
Would I chance that next time? Nope.
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vespaio
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I guess thereal question is: has anyone ever been turned away at the border because he was carrying extra gas?
Ray
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by vespaio | I guess thereal question is: has anyone ever been turned away at the border because he was carrying extra gas?
Ray |
YES... people we know. You may find the trip report from "4baja" (Steve). It was a nightmare for their rigs all with extra gas, being turned back
north (at Tijuana), waiting in border line, then having to park in front of a U.S. gas station and hope to sell cheap or give away all their extra
gas.
Personally, I knew better and when I got pulled into Mexican secondary (at Tecate) and the inspector opened my empty red can to see if it has ANY gas.
He then opened my BLUE water can and smelled it!
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Sr.vienes
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About four years ago we were crossing at Mexicali East and my son had a 100 gallon diesel tank behind his cab. They said since it wasn’t factory and
was not connected it wasn’t legal, however they let us pay duty and a small fine of some sort. It was not a mordidita situation it was paid in the
office with a credit card on the computer. Would have been far cheaper to have brought it in empty.
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StuckSucks
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| Quote: Originally posted by vespaio | I guess thereal question is: has anyone ever been turned away at the border because he was carrying extra gas?
Ray |
A few years ago I was headed down to a race and had two full dump cans in the back of the truck -- they told me I had to turn around, and not enter
Mexico. Unfortunately, the truck I was driving was also full of gas.
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bajatrailrider
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In this disorganized country you never know what they do. It is not worth the chance they send you back with your full gas cans.
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caj13
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is there some reason you just wouldn't bring in empty cans and fill em at the station in Mexico?
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by caj13 | is there some reason you just wouldn't bring in empty cans and fill em at the station in Mexico?
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I think it is for one of three reasons:
1) People that normally have full gas cans on trips, and didn't know it was illegal.
2) Price of gas is so high in Mexico now, and didn't know it was illegal.
3) Didn't know Mexican gas was better (no ethanol).
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I have an extra tank in the bed of my truck. Have been stopped and asked if it was full. It was. After discussion and showing them it was connected to
feed the truck and there was no easy way to otherwise empty it, I was allowed to proceed.
Gas cans always cross empty.
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Remember When .......... ?
1980-something during one of the gas "crises" when U.S. border residents were flooding into Mexico to buy the much cheaper gasoline resulting in
massive congestion at the stations and the northbound crossings ? The situation was so bad that the Mexicans set up those
exit checkpoints. THAT was a real pain even for those of us who weren't participating in the craziness.
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DBaja
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I got the red light in TJ. They found about 4 -5 gallon cans in the back. Made me wait for an hour and a half for an escort to drive me back across
the border, all the while holding onto my passport so I wouldn’t leave. They couldn’t find an escort so they let me off by having me pour all 20
gallons of gas on the ground!! 
My concern was quality diesel which I have since learned isn’t an issue any more.
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| Quote: Originally posted by DBaja | I got the red light in TJ. They found about 4 -5 gallon cans in the back. Made me wait for an hour and a half for an escort to drive me back across
the border, all the while holding onto my passport so I wouldn’t leave. They couldn’t find an escort so they let me off by having me pour all 20
gallons of gas on the ground!!
My concern was quality diesel which I have since learned isn’t an issue any more. |
They had you dump 20 gallons on the ground??? That would be quite the hazmat spill....When did this happen supposedly?
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico | | Quote: Originally posted by DBaja | I got the red light in TJ. They found about 4 -5 gallon cans in the back. Made me wait for an hour and a half for an escort to drive me back across
the border, all the while holding onto my passport so I wouldn’t leave. They couldn’t find an escort so they let me off by having me pour all 20
gallons of gas on the ground!!
My concern was quality diesel which I have since learned isn’t an issue any more. |
They had you dump 20 gallons on the ground??? That would be quite the hazmat spill....When did this happen supposedly? |
Right? Wow!
If anyone nearby was lighting a cigarette...
Just shows you the insanity of government sometimes. They say they want to improve the environment and help people live better...
So they:
*Add lots of tax to gasoline
*Force visitors to buy a few more gallons of Mexican gasoline than they already will
*Cause environmental damage by making the rules such that the few pesos of lost tax revenue was more important than the damage (or death and danger if
exploded)
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*Risk irritating visitors who may never return to Mexico after that.
Sad!
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vespaio
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Just a curiosity. Too often anecdotal reports of "a friend of my friend's brother-in-law once...." pass as fact when they aren't.
I don't have a problem arriving in Baja with empty tanks. I often travel in areas where there are no gas staations, driving a Jeep that gets pitiful
mileage, and have had to use the gas in those tanks just to get back to civilization.
I'll leave them on trailer, but they'll be empty.
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Tioloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by Pacifico | | Quote: Originally posted by DBaja | I got the red light in TJ. They found about 4 -5 gallon cans in the back. Made me wait for an hour and a half for an escort to drive me back across
the border, all the while holding onto my passport so I wouldn’t leave. They couldn’t find an escort so they let me off by having me pour all 20
gallons of gas on the ground!!
My concern was quality diesel which I have since learned isn’t an issue any more. |
They had you dump 20 gallons on the ground??? That would be quite the hazmat spill....When did this happen supposedly? |
"supposedly"?
Are you inferring he/she is lying? wth?
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