Can I own one here
Owning one in Columbia 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 Columbia County.
To confirm. Columbia County is reported to open select county highways to ATVs and UTVs at 35 mph outside 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., the Merrimac Ferry is closed to them and the ordinance still has to be read.
In town To confirm
No town street opening was found in the codes read.
County roads Some
Select county trunk highways shown on a county map, no riding from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. and 35 mph at most, as local news reported the 2022 ordinance. Later requests for County V, Q and CS were sent to a subcommittee. The ordinance was not read. Columbia County ATV and UTV ordinance of 2022, as reported, read 28 October 2026
State highways Crossings only
- WisDOT does not let ATVs or UTVs ride the Merrimac Ferry on WIS 113 or 188 WisDOT page on ATVs and UTVs on state highways, read 28 October 2026
Getting one here
From Japan to Columbia County.
The nearest ports with a sailing from Japan on record
- The Port of Savannah, Georgia Ports Authority, about 1,100 road miles.
- The JAXPORT, Jacksonville Port Authority, about 1,200 road miles.
- The Port of Everett, about 1,900 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
Columbia County, counted.
Columbia County has 1,199 farms and 378 cattle operations, by the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Columbia County averages 41 inches of snow a year. Farms in Columbia County hold 29,733 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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