Short ton  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected
from Short tons) Jump to: navigation, search  The short ton is a
unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (907.18474 kg), that is
most commonly used in the United States where it is known simply
as the ton.[1]  United States[edit]  In the United States, a
short ton is usually known simply as a "ton",[1] without
distinguishing it from the tonne (1,000 kilograms or 2,204.62262
pounds), known there as the "metric ton", or the long ton (2,240
pounds or 1,016.0469088 kilograms), known there as the "Imperial
ton". There are, however, some US applications where unspecified
tons normally means long tons (for example, Navy ships)[2] or
metric tons (world grain production figures).  Both the long and
short ton are defined as 20 hundredweights, but a hundredweight
is 100 pounds (45.359237 kg) in the U.S. system (short or net
hundredweight) and 112 pounds (50.80234544 kg) in the imperial
system (long or gross hundredweight).[1]  A short ton–force is
2,000 pounds-