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1 Short Ton [used in US] = 2 000 lbs or 907.2 kg. 1 Long Ton [used in UK and Commonwealth Nations] = 2 240 lbs or 1 016 kg. 1 Metric Ton = 2 204.6 lbs or 1000 kg. Written Mar 5.
See tonnage. short ton (usually called simply ton, in the USA or sometimes called a net ton) = 2,000 lb (about 907.18474 kg). Harbour ton used in South Africa in the 20th century, equal to 2000 pounds or one short ton. metric ton, usually referred to as a tonne, is 1,000 kg (or 1 Mg) or approximately 2,204.6 pounds. Both the long ton and the short ton are composed of twenty hundredweights, each having different values for the hundredweight (112 and 100 pounds respectively).