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The weight in US short tons of 2,000 lb.
Three tons are in common use: the short ton (2,000 lb), the metric tonne (1,000 kg, about 2,205 lb) and the imperial long ton (2,240 lb). A quote saying only 'tons' is ambiguous.
Weight
9.072 tonnes
1 short ton = 2,000 lb = 907.18474 kg = 0.90718474 tonnes. Three different tons are in circulation and they span about 12% — never accept an unqualified 'ton' on a cross-border quote.
- Conversion factor applied
- 0.91 tonnes per short ton
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Short Tons to Metric Tonnes Calculator: 9.07 tonnes — shown in imperial, US market. The link sets both, so the result they see is the one on your screen.
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- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg; so 1 short ton = 0.90718474 metric tonnes
- 1 imperial long ton = 2,240 lb = 1.016047 metric tonnes
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- Weight (short tons)
- 10
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- Conversion factor applied
- 0.91 tonnes per short ton
Confidence note: 1 short ton = 2,000 lb = 907.18474 kg = 0.90718474 tonnes. Three different tons are in circulation and they span about 12% — never accept an unqualified 'ton' on a cross-border quote.
What this calculation does not cover
- This converts the SHORT ton of 2,000 lb. An imperial long ton is 2,240 lb and converts to 1.016 tonnes, so a figure quoted in a British or older specification read as a short ton is about 12% light.
- A ticket reading 'ton' rarely says which. Aggregate and steel are commonly quoted in short tons in the United States and in tonnes almost everywhere else, and the word alone does not settle it.
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Sources checked 2026-08-26 · in the site-wide review of 2026-09-06 · v1.0.0
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- 1 short ton = 2,000 lb; 1 lb = 0.45359237 kg; so 1 short ton = 0.90718474 metric tonnes
- 1 imperial long ton = 2,240 lb = 1.016047 metric tonnes
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Bulk material quotes and haulage limits both use the word ton for units that differ by up to twelve percent, which makes this one of the more consequential conversions on the site. A short ton is two thousand pounds, a metric tonne is a thousand kilograms at about 2,205 pounds, and the imperial long ton is 2,240 pounds. American aggregate is priced in the first, European and Australian in the second, and older British documentation in the third. On a cross-border order the difference is roughly a tenth of the material, and on a vehicle weight limit it is the difference between legal and overloaded, so an unqualified figure is worth querying rather than converting.