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Mayne8n
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One last question
I have read here that parking on the Mexico, Tecate side of the border can be a problem for a truck and trailer. I am 43' overall. Would it be best
for me to park on the UU side, walk across to have our docs stamped then drive across once this is done? We already have our paid up FMM's from
Discover Baja. The trailer is full of household furnishings. Thanks again for your help. Gord
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Gord, I've done exactly that many times....parked my rigs on the US side in one of many such pay-to-park facilities..and then walked across to the
right agency. My longest rig is 75 feet, pickup, fifth wheel, and boat. I couldn't park that on the Mx side very easily, if at all. Take your
pick of the US side parking lots before the crossing and good luck.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mayne8n
I have read here that parking on the Mexico, Tecate side of the border can be a problem for a truck and trailer. I am 43' overall. Would it be best
for me to park on the UU side, walk across to have our docs stamped then drive across once this is done? We already have our paid up FMM's from
Discover Baja. The trailer is full of household furnishings. Thanks again for your help. Gord |
"The trailer is full of household goods"
Are you going to declare this stuff or just hope for the green light?
There is room to park a trailer (one only) directly in front of the Customs/Aduana office. I have done it two or three times with a rig that measures
48ft overall.
The Tecate crossing consists of three lanes. The right lane and the center lane are open with functioning gates and red/green lights. The left lane
has been closed for years.
The customs office is adjacent to the closed left lane. There are about four head-in parking spaces for cars in front of the office. With the
trailer, you can pull forward into the closed entry gate area and go to the office. When ready to leave, you have to back up about 50 ft and swing
over to either the center or right lane to actually go through an entry gate. I have done this several times.
The INM office is adjacent to the right entry lane. If you are parked at Customs, just walk across the two lanes to INM and get your FMM's stamped.
The bank is right next to the Customs office on the left side lane.
If you are not declaring the trailer full of stuff, it's probably best to park on the US side. Walk across, walk back, and hope for a green.
Tecate is a very mellow/low stress crossing. The whole area discussed above, (US side, US entry, Mexican Customs, Mexican INM), are all within about
200 ft of each other. Crossing the two active lanes of entry traffic is also a non-event.
And echoing Pompano above: Good Luck (and have a safe, enjoyable trip)
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Mayne8n
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Thanks for the reassurances on this. We will park in the US side, deal with the paperwork then go back and collect the truck and trailer. Yes we will
declare. Total contents are worth about $2500 with about $600 of it new so the hit shouldn't be too bad....I think about 12%. We have a detailed
manifest. Again your help is much appreciated. Cheers, Gord
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RnR
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mayne8n
Thanks for the reassurances on this. We will park in the US side, deal with the paperwork then go back and collect the truck and trailer. Yes we will
declare. Total contents are worth about $2500 with about $600 of it new so the hit shouldn't be too bad....I think about 12%. We have a detailed
manifest. Again your help is much appreciated. Cheers, Gord |
Ok, here's our experience from Nov 2012.
We declared stuff and paid at the bank right next to customs. The bank does not accept US Dollars for payment, only pesos. And, the bank does not
exchange dollars for pesos nor is there an ATM machine. Fortunately, we had enough pesos on hand.
Your other two sources of pesos are the Casa de Cambio on the US side or walk two blocks further straight ahead into Tecate and go to the large bank
next to the square.
The import duty is 16% of whatever you declare after a $75 free exemption. You should be able to get the exemption for each person in the car. Just
say that some of the stuff is theirs.
We parked a 48ft rig directly in front of Customs in the closed left entry lane.
Good Luck.
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