alt Hacker NewsImperial is confusing at the best of times, but couldn't they have said 24.5 tons instead of 55,000 lbs?
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masfuerte • today at 1:42 PM
That's the way they like it. American road signs have mad shit like "No trucks over 15,000 lbs".
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Sir ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_ton
> he long ton,[1] also known as the imperial ton, displacement ton,[1][2] or British ton,[3] is a measurement unit equal to 2,240 pounds