Can I own one here
Owning one in Redwood County.
On your own land, yes
Owning a kei truck and working it on a ranch, a farm, a mine or private property does not depend on a road title. Some states still ask for a title or an off road registration.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits. In Minnesota a mini truck drives public roads only under a permit from a county, city or town and only on the roads that government designates.
A newer governed truck
Unclear. None. The mini truck definition reaches any kei truck of 660 cc or less that was not built to federal safety standards, governed or not.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Redwood County.
Roads open. Redwood County opens the shoulder of every county road to ATVs with lights on, but no mini truck ordinance was found, so no road here is known to be open to a kei truck and its towns were not read.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
ATVs on the gravel shoulder or extreme right of every county road, avoiding pavement where possible, except roads the county closes under 71.05(D). No ATV may enter a county park. The code names ATVs only, so it does not reach a mini truck. Redwood County Code Title VII, Chapter 71, ATV use on county roads, ordinance passed 21 October 2015, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Redwood County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,400 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 1,600 road miles.
How to import a mini truck, step by step.
Trucks travel in containers, one to a 20 foot box with room for parts or three to a 40 foot box.
Road miles are an estimate, the straight line times 1.2.
The ground
Redwood County, counted.
Redwood County has 1,323 farms and 214 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 2 active surface mines and quarries work Redwood County's ground. Farms in Redwood County hold 4,143 acres of woodland.
Importing a kei truck
The essentials, in short.
A truck under 25 can come in only as governed off road equipment, and only if its engine family held an EPA nonroad certificate for that model year. No kei engine family was certified for mini trucks before model year 2010, so a truck built after 31 October 2001 and before model year 2010 has no federal door until its 25th birthday.
Two lanes
A road truck must be 25 years old by its own build date. A newer truck comes in only as governed off road equipment with a certified engine.
The 25 percent duty
Every kei truck pays the 25 percent truck duty at the port, whatever its age.
The paperwork
The customs entry and the two federal declarations, DOT Form HS-7 and EPA Form 3520-1, travel with the truck to your title office.
The title
Keep every stamped paper with the truck. Your state title office asks to see them.
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