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Kei trucks for the ski country and ranches of the Wasatch Back

The Wasatch Back holds 20 operating ski areas across Summit, Wasatch and Morgan counties and a typical 74 inches of snow a year, beside 1,660 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture. Utah 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.

Summit CountySan Juan CountyDaggett CountyMorgan CountyCache CountyDavis CountyPiute CountyUtah CountySanpete CountyWayne CountyEmery CountyGarfield CountyBeaver CountyIron CountyBox Elder CountyUintah CountyWashington CountyDuchesne CountyJuab CountyMillard CountySevier CountyTooele CountyCarbon CountyGrand CountyRich CountyWasatch CountySalt Lake CountyWeber CountyKane County

The road, both lanes

What the state allows.

Utah 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.

The counties

The counties of the Wasatch Back.

MorganSummitWasatch

Questions

Asked about the Wasatch Back.

Can I drive a kei truck on the road in the Wasatch Back?

Utah registers kei class trucks as novel vehicles and a novel vehicle equipped to the street-legal standard may run on Utah roads at up to 50 miles per hour, never on an interstate. The Utah page gives the full rule.

What work suits a kei truck in the Wasatch Back?

Grounds and snow work at the ski areas, ranch and horse property in the valleys and site work at the gravel pits, 12 active surface mines and quarries here 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 Utah it works private land and farms. The Utah page has the rest of the rule.

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