Canadian Border Crossing Paperwork

So I am going to be taking a truck to Alaska with a load that will eventually be coming back to the states with the same truck and trailer. I am trying to sort out the paperwork for the truck that I am needing. So as of right now I have all of the paperwork for getting the truck cleared on the US side of things when I get back. I was told by the nice person in the Canadian Customs office that I needed a broker and that I needed to buy a bond from that broker and they will fill out all of the paperwork for me. The last time all of this was done for me, but this time I am doing all of the leg work. So how much does a bond normally cost? I have heard some outragous costs on these, hopefully I have heard wrong. What does the bond cover? Just one truck or multiple trucks? Please teach me as I don't want to stay at the border for a long time. I want to make the crossing with correct paperwork as easy as it can be.

Thanks,

Sportster

 

So if I had about $350 worth of product in the trailer it would be cheap, right?

I work for a not for hire company if that clears anything up for you.

 

The product is solid concrete blocks that weigh around 3,200 lbs a peice, about 14 of them.

 

This is good news, thank you.

 

We don't have a briefing on canada travel because we don't normally go there.

I'm not a typical truck driver. I get asked to take the truck to certain places. I can and sometimes do refuse. Think of it this way, who would take $350 worth of concrete (dead weight) to Alaska and then bring it right back? I normally get everything ready for the trips, but canada is foreign to me.