Border hopping

Is anyone familiar with the old practice of "border hopping" ie deliberately consigning a load to a town just over the border then re sending it on to its destination. Well before my time but an old fella was telling me about it.

AtkiPete
GuddayM8

Now th@ jogz me memory az I haz me afternoon smoko
LOL

A local joker not far from me Had a chook farm n twaz into sellin eggs
but to sell eggs in Vic U gotta go thru the Victorian Egg Board But interstse eggs B ok
So this joker got into truck n he'd load the eggs on board drive over the closest border (Echuca) Do 'U'ee n bring back home as interstate eggs
all twaz well until the egg board got on 2 him after a few years n claimed th@ they weren't load interestate
so this joker start d cart m over the border @ Echuca unloaded said eggs n reloaded n cart d m back to melbourne to sell as he pleased as they were interstste eggs n not controlled bythe Vic Egg Board

SoEyeRestMyCaseU'reHonor

Border hopin twaz all todo with the Transport Regulation Board
As many General purpose loads U had to buy a permit from the TRB
N @ times they did not allow U to transport goods as it could go by rail so the truckr would drive across the border n do a 'U'ee n then deliver the load in the town of his choice in Victoria claimin it came from interststate n there twaz a 'FREE TRADE' agrrement btween states

ButEyeDOSt&2BCorrected

LOL

Cya

[ch9787]

Yes, That was how my man remembers it. I think the load was moved to another truck at a place like Mount Gambier to keep things sweet. Many customers did not want to use the railways because of the time taken, especially if it had to go on a branch line with 2 trains a week.

francis transport from Corowa/Rutherglen used too do it too

Did a lot a driving with my big brother an O/D pulling for Clive Brothers out of Newmarket, (in the Atkinson below) we used to load cattle at Finley in New South Victoria??? Dont & didnt really understand the rules, but we were only allowed to cart stock in Victoria.

Will have to ask him to get the whole story.

Sarge :-X

Not exactly sure why we need state governments anyhow. It doesnt make sense in an area like transport to have half a dozen road authorities all making up their own rules.