1 metric ton = 1000 Kg = 2204.6 lb = 1.102 short ton

A short ton is what we (in the USA) commonly call a ton.

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>From: 	rusty vanbondo[SMTP:vanbondo@primenet.com]
Sent: 	Thursday, May 30, 1996 7:25 AM

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Subject:      Re: Metric Ton (was Stoopid Parts Stores)

As a follow up to Bob Hoover's FLAPS counter person spweing "Oh, you mean
AMERICAN metric fittings."

I was out running around yesterday on a much deserved "sick-day" <insert
fake coughing> when I noticed the Toyota T-100 pickup truck which I was
following had a tailgate badge that read "Metric Ton." I haven't done the
simple homework to find the answer but had to laugh to myself that it was
like a Swahili inch or something. Isn't an inch an inch and a ton a ton?
Where is the standard here?

I vote for the metric system and a four day work week. I can hear all of the
possible "inch" jokes that we all have heard creeping out of the dusty
corners of my mind. I will spare you all if you promise to return the favor.
-rusty\