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Kei trucks for the ranches and orchards of the Texas Hill Country

The Texas Hill Country works in small ranches, orchards and vineyards. Its 13 counties held 12,049 farms, 6,124 cattle operations and 16,862 acres of orchards and vineyards in the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Texas titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.

Walker CountyBrooks CountyDeaf Smith CountyHockley CountyShackelford CountyTom Green CountyWise CountyCottle CountyTaylor CountyArmstrong CountyHutchinson CountyIrion CountyMitchell CountyYoakum CountyChildress CountyGillespie CountyDickens CountyLa Salle CountyHansford CountyPotter CountyFalls CountyHamilton CountyRunnels CountyHale CountySan Jacinto CountyDuval CountyMoore CountyMartin CountyLimestone CountyZavala CountyCochran CountyFisher CountyBaylor CountyPanola CountyJack CountyCoryell CountyLipscomb CountyDonley CountyAtascosa CountyBriscoe CountyGoliad CountyGray CountyHall CountyBrown CountyGaines CountyBell CountySutton CountySan Augustine CountyKing CountyUvalde CountyWilson CountySchleicher CountySwisher CountyMotley CountyLynn CountyMenard CountyNolan CountySterling CountyGarza CountyCallahan CountyStonewall CountyFranklin CountyVan Zandt CountyHunt CountyMadison CountyHood CountyMason CountyGregg CountyHemphill CountyCastro CountyUpton CountyJim Hogg CountyLavaca CountyMidland CountyKimble CountyCarson CountyPalo Pinto CountyLamb CountyEastland CountyKerr CountyLubbock CountyErath CountyUpshur CountyBlanco CountyAndrews CountyJeff Davis CountyKnox CountyLlano CountyWheeler CountyCrosby CountyMcMullen CountyRoberts CountyKent CountyComal CountyZapata CountyAransas CountyOrange CountyWinkler CountyJones CountySherman CountyChambers CountyHardin CountyHill CountyWilliamson CountyKinney CountyCalhoun CountyEllis CountyClay CountyKaufman CountyFoard CountyCollin CountyComanche CountyConcho CountyCrane CountyJasper CountyGonzales CountyJefferson CountyDimmit CountyBowie CountyBrewster CountyDallam CountyCass CountyFayette CountyBurnet CountyRefugio CountyOchiltree CountyMatagorda CountyThrockmorton CountyAnderson CountyCaldwell CountyMedina CountyGlasscock CountyKenedy CountyWood CountyLiberty CountyTravis CountyMontgomery CountyHoward CountyBastrop CountyTrinity CountyMcLennan CountyMcCulloch CountyBrazoria CountyBailey CountyHouston CountySan Saba CountyPresidio CountyNacogdoches CountyWashington CountyCooke CountyWilbarger CountyLeon CountyKarnes CountyRandall CountyDeWitt CountyWard CountyWichita CountyWillacy CountyShelby CountyKendall CountyMorris CountyHopkins CountyRockwall CountyHudspeth CountySmith CountyHidalgo CountyBrazos CountyBurleson CountyDelta CountyCrockett CountyLee CountyRobertson CountyMills CountyLoving CountySabine CountyAustin CountyReagan CountyReeves CountyTarrant CountyHays CountySan Patricio CountyOldham CountyPecos CountyReal CountyDallas CountyNueces CountyRed River CountyColeman CountyRusk CountyTerrell CountyTyler CountyVictoria CountyWebb CountyWharton CountyKleberg CountyHarris CountyHardeman CountyNewton CountyNavarro CountyMontague CountyFrio CountyHarrison CountyLamar CountyFloyd CountyStarr CountyStephens CountyParmer CountyMarion CountyVal Verde CountyEl Paso CountyCoke CountyCameron CountyWaller CountyBee CountyTitus CountyCamp CountyGrimes CountyScurry CountyJim Wells CountyEctor CountyRains CountyParker CountyYoung CountyPolk CountyAngelina CountyLive Oak CountyDawson CountyHaskell CountyTerry CountyArcher CountyHenderson CountyBosque CountyHartley CountyCollingsworth CountySomervell CountyColorado CountyFreestone CountyBorden CountyCulberson CountyGalveston CountyLampasas CountyEdwards CountyGuadalupe CountyCherokee CountyFannin CountyFort Bend CountyMilam CountyBexar CountyJohnson CountyDenton CountyBandera CountyMaverick CountyJackson CountyGrayson County

The road, both lanes

What the state allows.

Texas titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.

The counties

The counties of the Texas Hill Country.

BanderaBlancoBurnetComalGillespieHaysKendallKerrKimbleLlanoMasonRealSan Saba

Questions

Asked about the Texas Hill Country.

Can I drive a kei truck on the road in the Texas Hill Country?

Texas titles and registers a kei vehicle that complies with federal law as a motor vehicle. Once titled and registered it may use any public highway where it can operate in compliance with the traffic laws. The Texas page gives the full rule.

What does a kei truck do on a Hill Country place?

It does the daily rounds on ground a full size pickup is too big for, the feed and the fence, water troughs, deer feeders and the rows of an orchard or a vineyard. The Hill Country holds 4,986,293 acres of farm and ranch land.

What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?

It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Texas it works farms, ranches and private land. Public land OHV areas with a Texas Parks and Wildlife OHV decal. The Texas page has the rest of the rule.

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