(quoted from post at 07:54:00 01/06/13) Are you a northern New York logger? Then I hope they put you in a cell on the north pole forever.
If you are a normal honest human, find a TD bank near you or where you are going in Canada. Tell the manager what you want to do. When a cleared buyer's check is deposited in a TD account, in Canada, it would instantly be converted to and added to your US dollar account, and an ATM could get that cash out either side of the border.
Taxes? Whatever you do, don't try to pull a fast one, it will never work. Not in this computorized world. The TD manager should be able to get all that info for you,
I would worry that if you are trucking these loads yourself, permits, bonding? insurance? You better call Canadian BPS, or take a car to the border, tell someone in the US building first, then in the Canada customs building what you want to do, you don't want to get that far with a loaded rig and be turned around 6 hours later. Or worse! stuck trying to get back in the states. You have a passport or inhanced driver license? If not, you will be in Canada longer than you'd ever thought... homeland security will not let you back in.
I sold my wood to a Canadian buyer who did all that, he just gave me a check on my kitchen table, that was safe and easy.