Can I own one here
Owning one in Buffalo County.
On your own land
On a farm or private land closed to public traffic a kei truck needs no registration in Wisconsin, with the owner's consent.
On the farm
No Wisconsin farm rule names a kei truck. An implement of husbandry under 340.01(24) must be manufactured, designed or reconstructed for farm work and used only for it. Whether a kei truck can qualify by reconstruction is not settled.
To confirm.
A 25 year truck on the road
Road use with limits, to confirm. Wisconsin law names Kei class vehicles, refuses them regular plates and counts them as off-road utility vehicles that may never use a highway posted over 35 mph. The statute's words leave collector plates open to an eligible special interest vehicle, and WisDOT decides whether a kei truck qualifies.
A newer governed truck
Private land only. A Kei class vehicle may be titled. A newer truck is too young for collector plates, so no registration is open.
Roads and towns
Roads and towns in Buffalo County.
Roads open. Buffalo County opens every county trunk highway to registered ATVs and UTVs from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. at 35 mph or less with a licensed and insured driver, plus five short stretches of WIS 88 and WIS 121.
In town To confirm
- Open Buffalo City. Every city street is open to ATVs and UTVs, as the county ordinance's own posted copy of the city act reads. City of Buffalo City ATV ordinance adopted 12 July 2021, read 28 October 2026
- Open Montana. All town roads that connect to a town road or a county highway, as the town's 2024 ordinance is summarised. The text was not read in full. Town of Montana ATV ordinance, 2024 revision, read 28 October 2026
County roads Open
All county trunk highways, once the Highway Committee approves a route as open and it is signed. The Board or the Highway Committee may suspend or open any route at any time. Ordinance 24-03-01, revised March 2024, read 28 October 2026
State highways Segments open
- WIS 88 from County NN north 1,200 feet to Sand Road, WIS 88 from County EE to County XX, WIS 88 from Schlawin Road to WIS 35 where riders enter a marked trail, WIS 121 from County BB to County Q and WIS 88 from County T to Heller Valley Road, each where WisDOT has approved it Buffalo County Ordinance 24-03-01, Section III. The WisDOT route orders were not read., read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Buffalo County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,300 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 1,800 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
Buffalo County, counted.
Farms in Buffalo County hold 101,549 acres of woodland. Buffalo County has 896 farms and 386 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Buffalo County grows 126 acres of orchards and vineyards.
Areas
The areas Buffalo County is part of.
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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