Can a CJ2A be a Class II UTV?

I am contemplating registering my CJ2A as a 'Class II" UTV. I wonder if this will give access to more trails or just be additional governmental PITA?

Here is how Oregon defines a Class II UTV...

'Class II ATV, as defined in ORS 801.193 means any motor vehicle that weighs more than or is wider than a Class I all-terrain vehicle, is not a Class IV all-terrain vehicle; Is designed for or capable of cross-country travel on or immediately over land, water, sand, snow, ice, marsh, swampland or other natural terrain; and is actually being operated off a highway or is being operated on a highway for agricultural purposes under ORS 821.191. Most riders refer to a Class II ATV as a Truck or Jeep (SUV), Dune Buggy, or Sand Rail. "

It's been a slow day...

Yes, what Mark said. In most states this is the case. To drive the Jeep to your destination, you would need any on road registration that the state requires. To use the CJ off road in the designated area you need this permit.

Now I do not know if this is legal, but I have put a "Slow Moving Vehicle" triangle, or 'farm triangle device', on the back of my CJ-2A & drove it below 30 MPH with no plates in many states, & gotten away with it. Again, I do not know if this is legal, but it has been done.

If I wanted to get to Sand Lake this way I think it would be OK. A very long drive, but OK, I would still need the 'Class II" UTV permit though.

IHTH, Cpt Logger.

The Willys is licensed in California. It seems that more and more trails are "ORV only", and I am thinking that I could register for both on-road and off-rapod use.

Seems that each state has varying regs regarding ORV licensing. Mybe it's better to beg forgiveness than to ask for permission.

I looked into this in Idaho, and basically I was told that I could either register normally as an on-highway vehicle and have access to 'jeep' trails or I could register as a UTV and not be valid for use on-highway and have to trailer it to the trails.

There are 'exceptions' where you can license a UTV for on-road use, but you're limited to under 45mph and cannot drive on roads where the speed limit is over 50. This would effectively trap me in the Athol to Coeur d'Alene corridor. With work, I could make it as far north as Priest River, but could no cross the bridge over Lake Pond Orielle into Sandpoint.

Likewise, getting west towards Spokane or east to Pinehurst would be difficult.

I bagged the idea. Maybe someday I'll pick up a cheap Rokon to strap on the back.