Trading my first cross border load

All done through us customs. The guy at the booth on the us side looked me dead in the eye and asked "what are ya hauling?" It was all I could do to contain my smart ### mouth I just replied as I'm empty lol like seriously you cant see that I'm an empty flatbed

 

You made the right decision. The contents of your truck might be all over the parking lot now if you said that LOL..

 

My first time ever dealing with border patrol was at the i35 checkpoint north of Laredo, he asked if I was us citizen, I replied with si' senior, he got all pissy and says "you mind trying that again" I said "yes sir I am" I then asked him "how come none of y'all have a sense of humor?" He replies with "Because i lost mine! How about you proceed over to the xray machine"

2 hours later I was on my way

 

And your still at the discression of the interviewing officer.

 

Yes and no.

But your statement about an infinite timeline was false, which my post addressed.

 

No, not really. They may deem you rehabilitated, but it’s still up to the officer to accept that after reviewing the persons file, so it never really goes away, unless you get it expunged. But it’s neither here nor there.

 

He didn't even ask me about my record.

 

Perfect. Your fine. Glad things went well for you.

 

You create a history with every border crossing. I use my passport (mandatory) to get into US and I breeze through as there is a pattern created. Same as returning to Canada. Was down to border today pickup up parts.
Its the folks who raise a red flag that are under constant scrutiny when it comes to border crossing. Good all went well for you, with the exception of paper work...

 

i was running pretty hard this spring on cross border loads of fertilizer. and crossing a bunch of different ports. depending on where i was going to/coming from one of the normal questions is when was the last time you were in Canada. the answer would either be yesterday or maybe even earlier that same day. then the following question would be where did you cross at... one time i got mixed up and said the wrong port. they didn't like that....lol

when you cross often though its pretty painless 99% of the time. couple routeen questions scan your paps or pars number ok have a nice day.

sometimes ports i cross at often its hey how are you today, what are you hauling today, where are you going, how long do you plan to be in Canada. ok have a good day.