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Kei trucks for the snow country of the Upper Peninsula

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is snow country, a typical county averaging 137 inches a year on NOAA's 1991 to 2020 normals, with 52 operating ski areas across its 15 counties. Michigan titles a kei truck 25 years or older for the road, and a newer governed truck takes an off highway vehicle title or registration.

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The ground

The work, counted.

Each figure opens the dataset it was counted from.

2,083farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 2026441,603acres of land in farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 2026343operations with horsesUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 2026142,959acres of woodland on farmsUSDA National Agricultural Statistics Service2022 Census of Agricultureread 28 October 20266active surface mines and quarriesMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 20264of them stone, sand and gravelMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 20262of them metalMine Safety and Health AdministrationMines data setread 28 October 202657.2 percentof people outside urban areasUS Census Bureau2020 urban and rural countiesread 28 October 2026

The road, both lanes

What the state allows.

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

MichiganOpen to road useOff highway vehicle

The counties

The counties of the Upper Peninsula.

AlgerBaragaChippewaDeltaDickinsonGogebicHoughtonIronKeweenawLuceMackinacMarquetteMenomineeOntonagonSchoolcraft

Questions

Asked about the Upper Peninsula.

Can I drive a kei truck on the road in the Upper Peninsula?

Michigan's Department of State titles and registers a kei truck 25 years or older for on-road use when it was manufactured for on-road use. A truck never titled in the US brings its import papers. The Michigan page gives the full rule.

What does a kei truck do in the UP?

Camp and cabin work, trail and ski hill grounds, the woodlot and the farm. The UP's 15 counties held 2,083 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture.

What about a newer truck governed to 25 mph?

It enters the country as off road equipment, governed to 25 mph. In Michigan it works private land with no ORV license for the owner, family and invited guests. The Michigan page has the rest of the rule.

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