Larry&Donna-AK Posted July 13, 2017 Report Share Posted July 13, 2017 Just thought I'd share my second trip on the Alaska Highway this summer. This trip I was pulling my Gooseneck trailer with a 20' shipping Container full of our personal household goods, I was a little worried that we looked commercial with the Volvo (our motor home) pulling the container. At the Canadian Border (Sweetgrass, Mt) I used the RV/Auto line. The Border Agent asked why I was in this line and what I was towing. I stated this is my Motorhome and we're going home with our furniture and that we owned the trailer & container. Needless to say we had all our documents ready. The Agent said Ok and passed through, never verifying the registration or opening the container. We was relieved and entered Canada. ? We continued with only one concern. Since we looked Commercial we stopped at the first Weigh Station in each Province to get their blessing, never had to show any documents, No problems until we arrived in the Yukon. The first Weigh Station in the Yukon the Officier was stern and said we could proceed, again without checking our documents, but we had to stop at the Whitehorse Weigh Station. When we arrived in Whitehorse the Officier was very pleasant and said we could proceed. At this point, I asked why we had to stop. The Officier stated "if you drove by the scale the way you look I would have called the RMCP to pull you over". Arriving at the U.S. Border, same thing happened. Good to go. The interesting thing about our trip. No one opened the Container or verified any of our vehicle documents. Of course the Border's confirmed our Passports and Volvo license plate. They believed me when I said we are an RV pulling a privately owned trailer with a Container. I expected a hassle somewhere along the road. Planning Nanook version 2.0 Nanook "When we made ready to depart, after a few days, Nanook was beside himself with joy. Hudson Stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Heiser Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Sounds like everything went your way on that trip. I can't wait until we retire and we can venture up that way in our rig. 2009 Volvo 670 with dinette/workstation sleeper - Walter 2017 DRV Mobile Suite 40KSSB4 with factory mods, dealer mods and personal mods - now in the RV graveyard 2022 DRV Full House MX450 with customized floor plan 2018 Polaris RZR Turbo S (fits in the garage) 2016 Smart Car (fits in the garage or gets flat towed behind the DRV when the RZR is in the garage) My First Solar Install Thread My Second Solar Install Thread & Photos and Documents Related to the build My MX450's solar, battery and inverter system - my biggest system yet! chadheiser.com West Coast HDT Rally Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imurphy907 Posted July 14, 2017 Report Share Posted July 14, 2017 Good to hear. I have been thinking about driving down bobtail to buy a gooseneck and a few pallets of solar panels and maybe a tractor. But had been worried about how it "looked". 2016 Road Warrior 420 2001 Volvo VNL 660 Alaska Based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyerjf Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 When you are at the booth, there is a world of information at the border persons fingertips via your passport and license plate. The biggest factor by far is your facial presentation and body language which those people are trained to interpret. It is clear you look like an honest person. Later at the Canadian scales they don't have the benefit of looking at you unless you stop, when they perform there own interpretation of things It is clear you look like an honest person. Didn't I just say that? Well, you are..... Jeff Beyer temporarily retired from Trailer Transit 2000 Freightliner Argosy Cabover 2008 Work and Play 34FK Homebase NW Indiana, no longer full time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry&Donna-AK Posted July 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2017 On 7/15/2017 at 5:11 AM, beyerjf said: When you are at the booth, there is a world of information at the border persons fingertips via your passport and license plate. The biggest factor by far is your facial presentation and body language which those people are trained to interpret. It is clear you look like an honest person. Later at the Canadian scales they don't have the benefit of looking at you unless you stop, when they perform there own interpretation of things It is clear you look like an honest person. Didn't I just say that? Well, you are..... Thanks...you're correct it's all about presentation, asking questions, and being polite to the Government Worker Planning Nanook version 2.0 Nanook "When we made ready to depart, after a few days, Nanook was beside himself with joy. Hudson Stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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