Can I own one here
Owning one in Traverse 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 Traverse County.
Roads open. Traverse County opens every county road to mini trucks, ATVs, UTVs and golf carts with a county special vehicle permit and a licensed, insured driver at 40 mph or less, and mini trucks may run by night, so a kei truck has county roads here while Wheaton and the other towns were not read.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Open
All county roadways are open to ATVs, mini trucks, UTVs and golf carts with a Traverse County Special Vehicle Use Permit, on the extreme right of the roadway at 40 mph or less. Permits run for the calendar year, or for the life of the vehicle where the board sets a lifetime permit. Special vehicle ordinance passed 4 May 2021, effective 11 May 2021, read 28 October 2026
State highways Closed
Closed to OHVs.
Getting one here
From Japan to Traverse County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Everett, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Seattle, The Northwest Seaport Alliance North Harbor, about 1,500 road miles.
- The Port of Tacoma, The Northwest Seaport Alliance South Harbor, about 1,500 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
Traverse County, counted.
Farms in Traverse County hold 3,975 acres of woodland. Traverse County averages 41 inches of snow a year. Traverse County has 358 farms and 19 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
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.
Contact
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