Driving a US Commercial Vehicle into Mexico

The Baja race teams do it every year, so I don't see why you couldn't. I would look into that angle for more info.

 

Vehicles that weigh over 7700# are not allowed to enter Mexico on a temporary importation. Stick with your Mexico rental and driver.

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You could break up the load into 4 - 6 heavy duty US plated passenger vans, pay the temporary import deposit of $400 US each, and buy Mexican insurance for each. Each van may only be driven by the owner or their spouse, but no one else. You get up to 180 days in country on a temporary vehicle importation.

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How much are you paying now for 6 weeks for a truck and driver, how many miles covered, how big is your equipment, etc ? Another alternative might be to rent a Mexican bus (like a Greyhound coach) to carry both the equipment and passengers. That's what the big touring bands here do.

 

How do the race semis do it then, if its not allowed?

 

Temporary permits aren't required for Baja California, part of the state of Sonora or within 20 km of the rest of the US/Mexico border. Anywhere else in Mexico, the permits are required and there is a checkpoint 10-20 miles inside Mexico for those papers. Sounded to me like the OP is traveling around the interior of Mexico, not the Baja.

 

Nascar race teams, have gone far into Mexico and back without intercjange.
When they had Nationwide race in Mexico City they cleared in and out via Laredo.
I'd guess the best place to start inquires is with a forwarding company.

 

When I was a terminal operator in a refinery in Texas, the drivers used to come in there and tell me horror stories about the Mexican cops wanting money when they pulled them over and impounding their trucks and holding them for ransom. I wouldn't go in there for nothing...especially now that the drug gangs are beheading people...uh uh.

 

I agree, check with a Customs broker at the Mexican border. It's possible there are now a few US carriers that can continue into the interior of Mexico.

Good luck.

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I know Stagecoach Cartage out of El Paso has Mexican operating authority. As far as I know they are the only El Paso based trucking company to apply.