US Short Tons to Pounds Converter

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Convert US short tons to pounds with the imperial relation 1 short ton = 2,000 lb. A 5-short-ton scrap-metal load is 10,000 lb; a 25-short-ton excavator counterweight is 50,000 lb. Useful for breaking down ton-level US freight invoices into pound-precise dispatch, gym-plate or per-axle figures. This converter uses the US short ton, not the UK long ton. Browser-local.

US short ton (ton)
Pound (lb)

US short ton (ton) → Pound (lb)

Quick reference table

US short ton (ton)Pound (lb)
1 ton2000 lb
2 ton4000 lb
5 ton10000 lb
10 ton20000 lb
25 ton50000 lb
50 ton100000 lb
100 ton200000 lb

Glossary

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.

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".

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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