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nneonneo
362 days ago
US ton is 2000 lb, not 2200. I spent some time in the US and had never heard of a ton meaning 2200 lb. Unfortunately, that's a 10% error off of a metric ton.
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jjj_throw
362 days ago
US short ton is 2000lbs, long ton is ~2200.
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