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Pounds to US Short Tons Converter

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Convert pounds to US short tons using the imperial relation 1 short ton = 2,000 lb (this converter does not use the UK long ton of 2,240 lb). A 4,000-lb passenger truck is 2 short tons; a 30,000-lb commercial axle is 15 short tons. Useful for US trucking, scrap-metal pricing and any haul figure where pound-precise weights need to roll up into ton brackets. Browser-local.

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From (Imperial, Pound)

Pound (lb)

To (Imperial, US short ton)

US short ton (ton)

Pound (lb) → US short ton (ton)

Quick reference table

Pound (lb)	US short ton (ton)
1 lb	0.0005 ton
2 lb	0.001 ton
5 lb	0.0025 ton
10 lb	0.005 ton
25 lb	0.0125 ton
50 lb	0.025 ton
100 lb	0.05 ton

Glossary

Pound (lb)

A pound (avoirdupois) is exactly 0.45359237 kg by the international 1959 yard-and-pound agreement. It is the everyday US/UK unit for body weight, groceries, gym plates and shipping. Sixteen ounces make one pound; fourteen pounds make one stone (UK only). The symbol "lb" comes from Latin "libra".

US short ton (ton)

A US short ton is 2,000 pounds or 907.18474 kg — the standard "ton" used in the United States for vehicle gross weights, scrap metal, mining output and freight rates. It is shorter than the metric tonne (1,000 kg) and the UK long ton (2,240 lb / 1,016 kg). Always check which "ton" a US vs European document means.

Metric system (SI)

The metric system is a decimal system of measurement built around the kilogram for mass, the meter for length and the second for time, with multiples and submultiples expressed as powers of ten (milligram, gram, tonne). Adopted in France in 1799 and codified internationally as the International System of Units (SI) in 1960, it is now the official system in nearly every country and the standard in science.

Imperial / US Customary system

The imperial system is the historical English system of weights and measures whose mass units are the ounce, pound, stone and ton (16 oz = 1 lb, 14 lb = 1 stone, 2,000 lb = 1 US short ton). Codified by the British Weights and Measures Act of 1824 and aligned with US Customary by the 1959 international yard-and-pound agreement (1 lb = 0.45359237 kg exactly), it is still used in the United States and the United Kingdom for everyday weights.

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