[PRCo] Re: The Great Dorset Steam Fair

TEP tompark at telus.net
Sun Feb 22 00:40:48 EST 2009


 
Fred, It's not the spelling it's the weight.

tonne = metric ton, 1000 kg ~2200 lb
ton = imperial ton 2240 lb (20 hundredweights)

And isn't your Yankee ton 2000 lb?



Tom Parkinson P.Eng, Vancouver BC Canada 604-733-5430, fax -5437 



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