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US Short Tons to Tonnes Converter

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Convert US short tons to metric tonnes using the exact factor 1 short ton = 2,000 lb = 907.18474 kg = 0.90718474 t. A 5-short-ton truck capacity is about 4.54 metric tonnes; a 1,000-short-ton mining haul is 907.18 t. Use this when American freight, mining or scrap-metal figures need to feed into European cargo manifests, emissions reports or weight-restricted infrastructure plans. Browser-local.

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US short ton (ton)

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Metric tonne (t)

US short ton (ton) → Metric tonne (t)

Quick reference table

US short ton (ton)	Metric tonne (t)
1 ton	0.9072 tonne
2 ton	1.8144 tonne
5 ton	4.5359 tonne
10 ton	9.0718 tonne
25 ton	22.6796 tonne
50 ton	45.3592 tonne
100 ton	90.7185 tonne

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.

Metric tonne (t)

A metric tonne is exactly 1,000 kg (1 t = 2,204.62 lb ≈ 1.1023 US short ton). It is the standard unit for cargo shipping, industrial bulk weights, vehicle gross weights in metric countries and CO₂ emission accounting. Do not confuse with the US short ton (907 kg) or the UK long ton (1,016 kg) — those are imperial units.

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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