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byoungquist
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Bringing firewood to baja?
Am I going to have any trouble bringing pine firewood (recently cut down live, i.e., not beetle kill) crossing into Baja at TJ?
Thanks,
Bob
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bkbend
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I have in the past, it was never discovered by anyone official so I don't know what kind of trouble it may have caused.
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Ateo
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I've never had any problems bringing any type of wood.
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DENNIS
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Lots of trouble. They probably won't allow it. I have friends who have been turned back for that reason and one time it was construction site
scrap..
By the way....it's not an import issue. The stuff just isn't allowed.
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BajaBlanca
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newish law says NO wood at all. we had trouble the last time we came thru since we didnt know. it was a small amount of wood and eventually the guy
just waved us thru in TJ .....
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Ateo
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Wow, this is news to me. Guess I'll start hiding my firewood behind camping gear. Did you know you can't bring dog food back into the US?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ateo
Did you know you can't bring dog food back into the US? |
Ohhh yeah....we beat the hell out of that one a few times, but like everything else here, the info feed is cyclical.
Thanks for the reminder.
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TMW
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I had some juniper firewood in the bed of my truck in March and the lady inspector at TJ gave me crap and said the next time I would be turned around
and sent back. Now I hide all firwood best I can.
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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This isn't quite on-topic but in Mulege firewood can be found west on ice-house road about three miles. Mesquite excellent for barbecues.
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mcfez
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Presto Logs would be nice.....
But the firewood is a hell of a lot better!
This restriction has been debated here at the BN numerous times... you want find additional info by using the search engine ...located at the top
left of this page.
We always take firewood. We do "hide" it. Just act stupid if they say something. The issue with buying firewood in Baja is that most of it is not tree
wood.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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dizzyspots
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We had zero problem coming across, but were sent to secondary inspection and given the "you did not declare" lecture and a warning because I didnt
declare the single, wrapped, marked bundle that I bought in Yuma, AZ before we crossed...
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Gypsy Jan
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Why Not Purchase Frewood When You Are South of the Border?
You can avoid all anxiety about committing an infraction of the law.
We get our firewood from a guy who has a license to harvest from dead fall from the forest in San Pedro Martir. He has been coming to our home on a
regular basis for many years and I think my husband has his cell phone number.
I do know that he would be very happy to meet you anywhere you wish and, if you do this, you would have the satisfaction of knowing that you are
supporting a local family business enterprise.
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DENNIS
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It's a thriving industry, gathering deadwood from the Sierra. I've seen numerous pickups being loaded up there and a lot of them going through the
camps selling it, but one thing I've never seen them use is a chainsaw. Either they arn't permitted to or it's cost prohibitive.
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captkw
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frontara's
crossing the border, is a lot like running in to a EX..you never know what to expect.!!  K&T
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acadist
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A few weeks ago mine didn't even make it to the border, CA took it!
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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bacquito
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| Quote: | Originally posted by byoungquist
Am I going to have any trouble bringing pine firewood (recently cut down live, i.e., not beetle kill) crossing into Baja at TJ?
Thanks,
Bob |
Really you are not supposed to bring wood from the USA to Mexico with out the proper paper work. many times it means evidence of heat treatment ,
fumigation, etc., dependent on origen and kind of wood. I doubt many inspectors know of the requirements for importing wood. They are more interested
in other things-T.Vs, refrig. things electrical.
Also, we should not let dirt (mud) into the USA from Mexico but look at the vehicles fom the Baja 1000 coming across and cars in general. I have
crossed many times with Mexican mud and nothing was said.
bacquito
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by acadist
A few weeks ago mine didn't even make it to the border, CA took it! |
For...why?
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Ateo
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I have to say, never found a good Baja source of firewood but the desert plants, and that ain't good.
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i bring a layer of 15-18" 4x6's under everything. usually about 15 pieces total. bust out the hatchet and splintered firewood at the ready. the
charcoal fluid does double duty.
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zoesterone
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
crossing the border, is a lot like running in to a EX..you never know what to expect.!! K&T |
They stop at our house in the Puerto Nuevo every 3 weeks or so and the wood burns like crazy. A large trailer load, which they will stack for you, is
a bargain as far as I am concerned at only about $40 USD and I mean a LONG trailer load. Helps the economy, too. Happy holidays.
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