Crossing the Border with a tractor full of stuff of an unknown driver

Hello everyone,

Want to know what is your input on an awkard situation I got last night and probably will be fired because of it.

I am a Canadian Driver with just two crossed border trips under my experience belt, both times I cross the US border they gave me a full inspection treatment.

So last night I was schedule to do a 2 days US route, the problem was when I arrived they gave me a dedicated driver truck, the truck was like a little apartment full of stuff of this driver and honestly I was not comfortable crossing the border with the stuff of a person I dont know, also the driver seat was lock low all the way to the floor and I was unable to unlocked it to add air into the seat so I seat high.

Called dispatcher and they were willing to give another truck...so here I already lost 45 minutes, moving in and out my stuff of the first truck, going back to the dispatcher for new paper work and keys.

Went into the second truck and again the sleeper area was full of garbage, like pieces of open carton boxes from amazon and ebay, bubble wrap, coolers that were seal with duct tape etc.

I am not comfortable at all crossing the border with the stuff of other driver I dont know, what if is something illegal on that stuff? Who is going a get into trouble?...of course me.

Took my stuff out of the truck, already lost 2 hours on this stupid transition, I decided to go to dispatcher gave the keys back and told them I was going home, of course dispatcher told me if I do that I will going to get fired....and probably I will.

Talked with the owner this afternoon and he was not happy so I guess this is it for me.

Will you guys cross the border with the stuff of another unknown (to you) driver?

Thanks in advance

 

Hi, thanks for your prompt reply.
I have a different truck every time I go out, the last time I crossed the border with a rental truck, but at least was an empty truck.

When I was younger we used to travel a lot with my family and one gold rule they teach us is to never ever travel with stuff unknow to you, this is why this thread I dont know if is something normal to cross the border with stuff inside your cabin that does not belong to you.