[CapitalistCartr]

Traditional measurement is not quite so simple. (All pounds avoirdupois.)

Short ton: 2000 lb.

Imperial (UK) long ton: 2,240 lb.

Longweight ton: 2400 lb.

I'm in the boat business where a register ton is 100 cubic feet.

There are more, especially once you get to other types of pounds.

[progressive_dad]

So what is a tonne in British pounds?

[limeyx]

one hundred pounds three schillings, two farthings and a sixpence