Taking a tractor from US to Canada

Do Canadians have to file a bill of sale 3 days prior to taking a tractor across the border?

(quoted from post at 20:17:18 04/04/14) Do Canadians have to file a bill of sale 3 days prior to taking a tractor across the border?

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've only bought vehicles in Canada, and equipment in the US and hauled it through canada, but date of purchase never factored in so long as you have a bill of sale or other proof of ownership. And if they tell you to go through a broker, or try and charge a duty, fight em. As long as the country of manufacture is a NAFTA signee (US, Canada, Mexico) equipment is duty free. I bought my Western Star semi in Vancouver, and the US border tried to charge a 25% duty. I had to print out two pages of nafta and the uniform tax code and educate them.

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(quoted from post at 20:17:18 04/04/14) Do Canadians have to file a bill of sale 3 days prior to taking a tractor across the border?

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've only bought vehicles in Canada, and equipment in the US and hauled it through canada, but date of purchase never factored in so long as you have a bill of sale or other proof of ownership. And if they tell you to go through a broker, or try and charge a duty, fight em. As long as the country of manufacture is a NAFTA signee (US, Canada, Mexico) equipment is duty free. I bought my Western Star semi in Vancouver, and the US border tried to charge a 25% duty. I had to print out two pages of nafta and the uniform tax code and educate them.

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I've bought from Canada to US and never even had a BOS before...but I just sold a tractor to a guy in Canada and he says he needs to file a BOS 3 days before he takes it across. I am leary about sending him a BOS since he has only paid for half of it.

I've purchased equipment in Washington and crossed the border the next day. Sounds fishy to me. I won't sign a bill of sale until paid in full.

Eldon:

Personally, I wouldn't let the tractor go out of
the Country until I was PAID-IN-FULL. Once that
tractor crosses the border it is in a DIFFERENT
COUNTRY and you may play heck getting the rest of
your money or getting your tractor back.

Do NOT give him a bill-of-sale until you are PAID-
IN-FULL !

It's just like buying something on lay-away. You
don't get the product until AFTER you've made the
final payment.

Doc

Yes a Canadian buyer needs to have his paper work to USA
customs 72 hours before export !, they have to search the ser
number to make sure no leans on it by bank and also that it is
not stolen ... It has to go to USA customs

(quoted from post at 04:33:14 04/05/14) Yes a Canadian buyer needs to have his paper work to USA
customs 72 hours before export !, they have to search the ser
number to make sure no leans on it by bank and also that it is
not stolen ... It has to go to USA customs

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o, why would that apply to things sold to a Canadian, but not to American owned equipment crossing through Canada?

I can not say why, I buy and sell tractors, I know for tractors comeing into Canada , USA customs requires a 72 hour search to see about lein or stolen tractor, in fact that goes for alot of items like campers, motor bikes, boats, cars trucks etc Canada does not require that info. As for shipping south a tractor from Canada, USA customs require a FID number or S.S number of the buyer from the USA to prove they are a USA citizen. Canada customs does not require this info.

(quoted from post at 04:33:14 04/05/14) Yes a Canadian buyer needs to have his paper work to USA
customs 72 hours before export !, they have to search the ser
number to make sure no leans on it by bank and also that it is
not stolen ... It has to go to USA customs

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Thanks for the verification. I talked to the buyer today, he said they had to leave the other tractor they bought at the border crossing for 3 days for the US customs....and didn't want the same problems with this one. The BOS did not say "paid in full", just the purchase price and S/N. I gave a receipt for the down payment, so we have records of that. We should be fine.

Been a few years but I bought a tractor in US around 2007. I got my
importer # tacked onto our business number. Had invoice and
reciept of payment for a month ahead so I could fill out the customs
forms but I just presented them at the border. Paid the GST, the air
conditioning excise tax for freon, had to prove country of
manufacture. Showed the Maine State sales tax exemption forms.

No titles for tractors in Maine though I think.

I tried to bring a tractor from the States to Canada. The customs agent was positive a tractor was a tractor and highway tractor regs set the standard. Even for a field tractor. So I was told on the way across.
Needless to say I didn't bring the tractor back by myself. I later hired a freight company and for a few bucks they brought the tractor over in minutes without a delay. Only paperwork was a copy of the bill of sale.

Time need to check serial number for stolen tractors, etc? That is believable considering my past aquaintence with some people who had a tendency to 'pickup' various things without benefit of purchase in the Chicago area and the insurance claims processing, recovered item forms. Motorcycles back and forth to Canada were one item, construction and some farm equipment another group were also popular. A newer Harley would be run across to Canada and a much older 'Classic' brought back- paperwork for old model easy to get in Chicago area when Paul Powell was secretary of state- try to paper a current or last years stolen much more difficult. Canada for a newer but used import meant some VAT, import tax figures paid but got registration, etc quickly while a old Vintage or classic got a road inspection and record search. Outlaws and Renegades had a mutual import/export business going on. Kabuta's a popular item and some other Gray Markets sold in US have shown up on the Canadian hot list a year after purchase in US consignment auction- send the serial number to the Canadian dealer for specific parts and the record check there brings a ICE team with a federal marshal to your door- at best the Canadian insurance co rep will be hauling the off brand badged Kabuta, etc back home to Ontario.

What if you drive the tractor across the border?