Illegal Transport???

Old car · 03-29-2016, 07:38 PM

I was discussing our upcoming vacation to Colorado with a coworker today and he brought up an interesting point. Since your tow vehicle and trailer both have license plates--finding out where you live is a definite possibility. What if someone were to hide a package of what is legal in Colorado but not most states, then come to your home later to retrieve their package? Or follow you to a rest area far enough away from possible road inspection locations to retrieve? Now that I am thinking in a paranoid frame of mind; we will be away from our trailer quite a bit on this trip as we explore back trails and Rocky Mountain National Park. What if someone does such a thing and its found by the legal authorities? "It's not mine" is the standard answer but that won't go far with the police. Something to think about! Or am I just truly being paranoid?

youroo · 03-29-2016, 07:53 PM

Randy ,how do you think Your Buddy ships his Poles so cheap!

Youroo!!

Wobbles · 03-29-2016, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Old car

I was discussing our upcoming vacation to Colorado with a coworker today and he brought up an interesting point. Since your tow vehicle and trailer both have license plates--finding out where you live is a definite possibility. What if someone were to hide a package of what is legal in Colorado but not most states, then come to your home later to retrieve their package? Or follow you to a rest area far enough away from possible road inspection locations to retrieve? Now that I am thinking in a paranoid frame of mind; we will be away from our trailer quite a bit on this trip as we explore back trails and Rocky Mountain National Park. What if someone does such a thing and its found by the legal authorities? "It's not mine" is the standard answer but that won't go far with the police. Something to think about! Or am I just truly being paranoid?

Wow, Always be aware of your circumstances as in what goes on around you and the people you share information with. This is a worry I do not have as I do not run with a bad folks and do not share my travel plans with anyone but the closest.

This should not be an issue(I hope for you). That scenario is extreme. Then again the saying goes "Just because you are paranoid, it does not mean someone is not out to get you".

Enjoy your travels and don't sweat the petty things pet the sweaty things.

**wmtire** · 03-29-2016, 08:02 PM

I think the probability of that is fairly low to none. It would be equivalent to placing their "money" in your RV, which would be out of their hands and control...and hope you go straight home and not on a cross country tour. It would just seem too risky for someone to do that with their "money"...which could be lost due to you being stopped by the authorities, in a wreck, finding it, or other things that they would never know about.

Too easy to just ship it via Fed-Ex or UPS. At least they have a tracking number then and know where the package is at.

mustardbucket107 · 03-29-2016, 08:04 PM

I think you are paranoid. They have other methods of transporting their product. And unless you tell someone you don't know your travel plans, hoe do they know where you are going? I'd say you have an equal chance of getting struck by a meteor.

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DDC · 03-29-2016, 08:07 PM

Would it not be easier to mail it.

Wobbles · 03-29-2016, 08:12 PM

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Would it not be easier to mail it.

Sorry DDC, In the lower 48 there is no guarantee that it will show up on time or at all...

Old car · 03-29-2016, 08:12 PM

Thanks for the responses so far and the humor. Not worried about my coworker setting me up but it is an interesting train of thought. "Mules" have been used before. Probably too much NCIS in my viewing habits! My running around with the "bad" people is long behind me. I'm ready for some mountain time so I just need to put all these thoughts behind me.

B and B · 03-29-2016, 08:19 PM

Whats to say the guys taking your trailer back to Goshen are not importing new crops from said state...

youroo · 03-29-2016, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Old car

Thanks for the responses so far and the humor. Not worried about my coworker setting me up but it is an interesting train of thought. "Mules" have been used before. Probably too much NCIS in my viewing habits! My running around with the "bad" people is long behind me. I'm ready for some mountain time so I just need to put all these thoughts behind me.

Bad Boys!

Youroo!!

Old car · 03-29-2016, 08:31 PM

Now yooroo--those are bad ass boys!

**Mr. Dan** · 03-29-2016, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Old car

Thanks for the responses so far and the humor. Not worried about my coworker setting me up but it is an interesting train of thought. "Mules" have been used before. Probably too much NCIS in my viewing habits! My running around with the "bad" people is long behind me. I'm ready for some mountain time so I just need to put all these thoughts behind me.

... another option which wouldn't appeal to me ===> stay home.
... another option which wouldn't appeal to your co-worker ===> make that dude go with you to watch your trailer all the time you're away from it. He/she started all this!

**Iwritecode** · 03-30-2016, 10:57 AM

Sounds like somebody has been watching "We're the Millers" a few times.

rmac04401 · 03-30-2016, 11:04 AM

Unless they could run your plates to get your address how will they know where you live?

Or don't visit Colorado and go to Canada😆

doc73 · 03-30-2016, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Iwritecode

Sounds like somebody has been watching "We're the Millers" a few times.

Loved that movie... Almost if not as funny as RV!

doc73 · 03-30-2016, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Old car

I was discussing our upcoming vacation to Colorado with a coworker today and he brought up an interesting point. Since your tow vehicle and trailer both have license plates--finding out where you live is a definite possibility. What if someone were to hide a package of what is legal in Colorado but not most states, then come to your home later to retrieve their package? Or follow you to a rest area far enough away from possible road inspection locations to retrieve? Now that I am thinking in a paranoid frame of mind; we will be away from our trailer quite a bit on this trip as we explore back trails and Rocky Mountain National Park. What if someone does such a thing and its found by the legal authorities? "It's not mine" is the standard answer but that won't go far with the police. Something to think about! Or am I just truly being paranoid?

I would not say entirely paranoid. This occurs along the border once and a while. While you are sleeping in MX in your Holiday Inn Express they add drugs or money inside your Prius' bumper than get it when you cross back home. This would be rare though. I would be more willing to bet they would actually just mail it to YOUR home and wait for the UPS man to make the drop than grab it. This happens around here all the time. It could be bad for you if caught but most of the times it works out in end... Although I do love it when told "these are not my pants."

Not so much this but just for general security is why I will not typically post when I am away until I am home. Nothing on Facebook or here. Not being paranoid, being smart.

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Unless they could run your plates to get your address how will they know where you live?

Or don't visit Colorado and go to Canada��

Some states it is all public record. For a small fee one can go to a DMV and request it after filling out the proper form. PA used to charge $10. I do not know if they still do this. The other reality is having someone "on the inside" can go a long way. If they are that sophisticated to use a person to mule for them they will have a way to get your address. If they ARE using you they probably already have it. They could also just break into your car and get it off the reg. Many keep it in the glove box. I can be in and out of your car and you would never know it in under 5 minutes.

mike.t · 03-30-2016, 11:48 AM

Life is to short to worry about silly stuff.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia

doc73 · 03-30-2016, 11:51 AM

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Life is to short to worry about silly stuff.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia

I agree.. I need to go out now and get some milk and iced tea, could get plowed by a Mac truck.. Need to enjoy the trips, not be sweating just leaving the trailer.

Kaadk · 03-30-2016, 11:59 AM

Around here the stories (friend of a friend overheard in the bar kind of stories) are that they would stash and then follow you home to collect. The "product" would be too valuable to allow it to be out of their sight.

But really, the likelihood of that occurring is fairly minimal. I believe one of the more recents busts they did was people who were canoeing it across the river in the middle of the night. Much safer for them to not let it out of their control than it is to risk it in somebody else's hands (vehicle).

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Oaklevel · 03-30-2016, 12:02 PM

Some states like Virginia will not just let anyone get addresses from tag numbers here it has to be law enforcement or a legal business that has been given authority...........

Also just cause your trailer has your home address doesn't mean it lives there too.........

If that were the case I would not worry about being a mule they could just come to the house & help themselves.

Now we can get into to the campground that put your home town or lisc. number on the vehicle pass.......

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