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Kei trucks for the cattle ranches of the Flint Hills

The Flint Hills are tallgrass cattle country. Their 14 counties in Kansas and Oklahoma held 7,068,133 acres of farm and ranch land and 4,461 cattle operations in the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Kansas opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration. Oklahoma opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and a newer governed truck fits the utility vehicle class.

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The ground

The work, counted.

Each figure opens the dataset it was counted from.

8,992farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20264,461cattle operationsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20267,068,133acres of land in farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20261,886operations with horsesUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 2026266,923acres 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 202630of them stone, sand and gravelMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 202642.6 percentof people outside urban areasUS Census Bureau2020 urban and rural countiesread 28 October 2026

The road, both lanes

What each state allows.

Kansas opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration. Oklahoma opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and a newer governed truck fits the utility vehicle class.

KansasRoad use with limitsOff highway vehicleOklahomaRoad use with limitsUtility terrain vehicle

The counties

The counties of the Flint Hills.

Butler, KSChase, KSChautauqua, KSCowley, KSElk, KSGeary, KSGreenwood, KSLyon, KSMarion, KSMorris, KSPottawatomie, KSRiley, KSWabaunsee, KSOsage, OK

Questions

Asked about the Flint Hills.

Can I drive a kei truck on the road in the Flint Hills?

A micro utility truck may drive Kansas public roads that are not interstate, federal or state highways. City streets open only where the city allows it. A mini truck titled and registered in Oklahoma may drive the state's roadways like any other vehicle but may not travel on any highway in the interstate system. Each state page gives the full rule.

What does a kei truck do on a Flint Hills ranch?

Pasture checks, the fence and the water, salt and mineral and the run between the headquarters and the far gate. These counties also hold 30 active surface mines and quarries on MSHA's list.

What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?

It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Kansas it works farms, ranches and private land. In Oklahoma it works farms, private land and off road use. Each state page has the rest of the rule.

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