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Kei trucks for the ranches and snow of the Flathead and Bitterroot valleys
Montana's Flathead and Bitterroot valleys mix small ranches, orchards and ski country. Their four counties held 4,103 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 1,745 operations kept horses and they carry 16 operating ski areas. Montana titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.
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The work, counted.
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What the state allows.
Montana titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.
The counties
The counties of the Flathead and Bitterroot valleys.
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Questions
Asked about the Flathead and Bitterroot valleys.
Can I drive a kei truck on the road in the Flathead and Bitterroot valleys?
Montana's Motor Vehicle Division titles and registers Japanese mini-trucks as unconventional light vehicles. Once the owner certifies its street equipment, a kei truck registers as a passenger car or truck with ordinary plates. The Montana page gives the full rule.
What work suits a kei truck here?
Small acreage ranch and horse work, orchard rows on 993 acres and winter work through a typical 62 inches of snow a year.
What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?
It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Montana it works ranches, farms and private land without OHV registration. Public lands, trails and easements as a registered OHV. The Montana page has the rest of the rule.
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