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Kei trucks for the mines, woods and snow of the Iron Range

Minnesota's Iron Range is mine and snow country. Its three counties carry 13 active surface mines and quarries on MSHA's list and 47 operating ski areas, downhill and cross country, with a typical 71 inches of snow a year. Minnesota opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and the class for a newer governed truck is not settled.

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The road, both lanes

What the state allows.

Minnesota opens the road to a kei truck 25 years or older with limits, and the class for a newer governed truck is not settled.

The counties

The counties of the Iron Range.

ItascaLakeSt. Louis

Questions

Asked about the Iron Range.

Can I drive a kei truck on the road on the Iron Range?

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. The Minnesota page gives the full rule.

Where does a kei truck fit on the Range?

Site work at the pits and plants where the operator allows it, trail and grounds work at the ski areas and camps and the cabin and the woodlot in winter.

What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?

It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Minnesota it works farms and private land. The Minnesota page has the rest of the rule.

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