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Kei trucks for the ranches, orchards and mountains of Colorado's Western Slope

Colorado's Western Slope runs from the orchards of the Grand Valley and the North Fork to the San Juans. Its eight counties held 7,899 farms and 2,508 cattle operations in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, 5,500 acres of orchards and vineyards and 21 operating ski areas. Colorado has passed a road law for kei trucks that is not yet in force, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.

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Illustration of a sand coloured Daihatsu Hijet truck in a golden meadow below the Cimarron ridge, with aspens on the slope
Illustration made from a real Daihatsu Hijet photo (CC0, TTTNIS, Wikimedia Commons) and a real Ridgway scene.

Colorado

Colorado opens its roads on 1 January 2028

We're glad to see it. Colorado's kei law takes effect 1 July 2027, and title and registration open 1 January 2028 for roads posted 55 mph or less.

Colorado's pageRoad, title, land and every county

The ground

The work, counted.

Each figure opens the dataset it was counted from.

7,899farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20262,508cattle operationsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20262,611,392acres of land in farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20262,742operations with horsesUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 2026320,344acres of woodland on farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 202630active surface mines and quarriesMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 202629of them stone, sand and gravelMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 20261of them metalMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 202648.4median county snowfall, inches a yearNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationUS Climate Normals 1991 to 2020read 28 October 202637 percentof people outside urban areasUS Census Bureau2020 urban and rural countiesread 28 October 2026

The road, both lanes

What the state allows.

Colorado has passed a road law for kei trucks that is not yet in force, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.

ColoradoRoad use opens laterOff highway vehicle

The counties

The counties of the Western Slope.

DeltaGarfieldLa PlataMesaMontezumaMontroseOuraySan Miguel

Questions

Asked about the Western Slope.

Can I drive a kei truck on the road on the Western Slope?

Colorado made kei vehicles a legal road class in 2025 and title and registration open on 1 January 2028. The Colorado page gives the full rule.

What work suits a kei truck on the Western Slope?

Ranch rounds, orchard rows, mountain property and snow, where a typical county gets 48 inches a year. Colorado asks no OHV registration for a vehicle used strictly on private property or strictly for agriculture.

What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?

It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Colorado it works public land and trails open to off-highway vehicles, roads a state agency designates open, local OHV routes a city or county opens by ordinance (never part of the state highway system), crossings, agricultural use and private land. The Colorado page has the rest of the rule.

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