I'm taking a few protein feeders to Mexico soon and was wondering what I need to do for the borrowed flatbed trailer I'm hauling to be legal. I have a vehicle permit for my pickup, but what do I need for the trailer? Please advise. Thanks.
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license plate and current registration. The Mexican border guys will probably try to tax you for them, but according to the Angadi, feeders are allowed without tax. Good luck. -
BW - The trailer has a license plate with current tags. Do they also require registration paperwork or would a handwritten bill of sale work in lieu of?Comment
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Can't answer that. Depends on who you catch over there. Most times it's not an issue.Comment
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The trailer will need paperwork if you take it thru the second check point (for sure). It will probably be added to your trucks paperwork. If you are not going thru the second check point you might get by with nothing. Keep speaking in English and they will let you go
I am getting paperwork for a gooseneck trailer myself to bring back all my junk. You might should get written permission from the owner of the trailer to take it into Mex and have it notorized, that sometimes helps
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Scott,
When going beyond the 2nd checkpoint....
I have taken my utility trailer down the past two years and it MUST be registered on that main document that your vehicle sticker comes on. I'm not sure if you can add it to your existing permit or not. When I registered the trailer, it was time for me to get my new vehicle tag and I did both at the same time.
BEWARE...the first time I cancelled this permit (the one with both truck & trailer), the Aduana guy told me that you MUST have the trailer with you when cancelling. This was in Piedras Negras/Eagle Pass.
However, this year when cancelling (again a permit with both truck & trailer), I didn't have the trailer with me, but the guy cancelled it anyway. This time at Columbia.
I'm telling you this because I don't know what the rule is when it comes time to cancel! So, just beware that when you do cancel your permit, they may tell you that you have to have the trailer there in order to cancel.
If you are going past the 2nd checkpoint with a trailer, make certain that you do have it registered. They will turn you back if you get checked. Brady had a nightmarish day in Nuevo Laredo and at the Highway 85 2nd checkpoint in 2004 about not having a trailer permit.
If you're staying inside the 2nd checkpoint, I don't think you need anything just like you don't need anything for your truck.Comment
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Just when I thought I had drank enough to forget that day!!!
Scott, you need to register the trailer AND your truck at the same time. I tried to add a trailer to my current truck tag and after 4 trips to the check and back and about $200 bucks later, I ended up taking the trailer back across to the US and leaving it. Complete nightmare.
Again, if your truck is permitted and you then drag a trailer down there they won't let you add anything. It all must be done at once. I'd have a bill of sale or something typed. We went in to the Office Depot and manufactured one, but all for not.
Good luck brother!Comment
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Thanks for the info, guys. Sounds like huge headache to me.Comment
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It's easier to North of border than South, don't forget your Passport.Comment
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Our youth group went a few years back and had to leave their borrowed trailer on this side because the registered owner was not with them. That was through McAllen and about 3 years ago. Not sure if anything has changed since then.Comment
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That 2nd check point is a huge hassle no matter what you do, best to be safe and get it registered down there or you might be stuck turning around to take it back home. We took ours down there quite often, but cannot remember if we had any registration because it's been so long.Comment
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The first year we hunted in Mexico, we hauled a jeep on a borrowed trailer(neither with permits) through the checkpoint. We didn't know any better then, and were very lucky! It could have been really bad if we had been red-lighted! Now, I take this trailer in every year (with the correct permits)!
Also managed to get this load to the ranch!
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I don't know - I took a rental!
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Archery 1st. I think I saw you a couple weeks back in Mex with the rented trailer. Was that you who had about 40 panels, 3 feeders and AC unit and a tailgate feeder loaded down, then Jumped your trruck off a 1 & 1/2 foot ledge while going 50 mph on a highway under construction? Man you got some serious hang time pulling a 16 foot tandem trailer!
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