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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 04:36 AM
Firewood INTO Mexico


Anyone ever have an issue bringing firewood INTO Baja? I once got sent back into Mexico because I had leftover firewood I had brought from from San Diego. When the Mexican officials asked why I was being sent back, they told me I wasn't allowed to bring firewood into Mexico. I sat for 30 minutes in this parking lot in between Mex and USA before a nice female Mexican guard took pity on me. She told me not to bring firewood into Mexico again and let me enter. I quickly drive to a car wash and traded the firewood for a good cleaning of the van so that not a twig remained when crossing back.



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 05:44 AM


I recently had 3 bundles of firewood (the kind you get at a 7-11) pass through without a whimper and open to view in the back of a pickup.



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 07:03 AM
Firewood


Support a local business

Plenty of places to buy it here in Ensenada




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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 07:15 AM


or if you work on a construction site get some 4x6 and cut them 18" long. find some hard wood that they use for pallets carrying heavy loads, think oak. cut 12" pieces and stack a layer under all your crap near the front of the truck. it helps if you have a shell! bring a hatchet and splinter the 4x6 for kindling and drop some oak on for the logs.....



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 07:19 AM


Kinda like taking a 6 pack of Coors light to a Pacifico brewery, aint it?



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 07:35 AM


I wouldn't mind buying it there, but I need to use up what I have.

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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 07:39 AM


"Almost" every little store carries bundled firewood.

Look along hwy 1 and near camping areas in Chapultepec and Punta Banda, also Manedearo




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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 08:01 AM


Going into Mexico with store package wood has never been flagged to me. However, any unused wood cannot return to the U.S. .



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 10:45 AM


This wood is from a few trees we cut down last year and is pretty rough. In other words, it doesn't look like store bought wood at all. It's mostly baseball bat size limbs. Anyone ever get refused entry with this type of wood?



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 10:59 AM


There has been a problem with firewood for years. Why? I don't know, but it will, like everything else, depend on the variables you encounter when coming through the line.



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 11:02 AM


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This wood is from a few trees we cut down last year and is pretty rough. In other words, it doesn't look like store bought wood at all. It's mostly baseball bat size limbs. Anyone ever get refused entry with this type of wood?


There may be an agricultural issue with wood of this type. Again...I don't know.
How would the US handle a situation like this?




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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 12:15 PM


I think that most states now have a ban on transporting firewood from place to place. By transporting firewood, you could be spreading diseases and invasive insects that can quickly kill large numbers of trees..

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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 09:41 PM


True about spreading insects/disease. But, back to the question, has anyone ever been refused entry with firewood? I think the Mex officials were just giving me a hard time because I got sent back. It was Valentine's day and the USA was cracking down on flowers and so wood must have fallen into that scenario. They had a big incinerator working next to the lot they sent me to, but the EPA guard said my firewood was too much and they were only burning flowers.



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[*] posted on 11-6-2014 at 11:07 PM


Pine is not acceptable across into California. But i take a 1/4 pick up load of Elm with us all the time and no problems ever. We always burn it up or leave it there for the next guy.
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[*] posted on 11-7-2014 at 12:33 AM


Mine is Pepper tree. Lots of bark.



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[*] posted on 11-7-2014 at 08:54 PM


Buy a box of DURAFLAMES and stop stressing out about transporting illegal firewood and insects. It's clean, cheap, easy, easy easy.
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[*] posted on 11-7-2014 at 09:08 PM


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Buy a box of DURAFLAMES and stop stressing out about transporting illegal firewood and insects. It's clean, cheap, easy, easy easy.


Sounds like a good idea.
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[*] posted on 11-7-2014 at 10:01 PM


I'm gonna for go it. Maybe wrap it up in a tarp and put it the van's cabinet. I built a roof rack for the van and used to carry wood in that, nobody every questioned because it was over the roof. Wish I still had that rack. Gonna roll the dice...

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[*] posted on 11-8-2014 at 10:46 AM


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Buy a box of DURAFLAMES and stop stressing out about transporting illegal firewood and insects. It's clean, cheap, easy, easy easy.


Exactly!

If you won't be near any place that sells local wood, an artificial fire log will give you a fire for your camp... and not break any laws.




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