2002-12-08 I don't design trucks for Ford, or anybody else for that matter, but I bet that those trucks that say 1 ton can equally support 1 t. Those same designs are sold outside the US, in countries where 1 ton, even the US spelling is interpreted to mean 1000 kg. If the trucks were only designed to hold 900 kg, and people loaded it with 1000 kg of material, the truck would be damaged. If word got out that the trucks could only hold 900 kg, even though they are advertised as being 1 t (meaning tonne) trucks, Ford (and others if they do the same) could lose a lot of business.
On the other hand, if an American assumes the word means 2000 lb or about 900 kg, and only loads it as such, he/she is in no danger of overloading the truck. Thus it is to everyone's advantage if the trucks are designed with the tonne and not the ton in mind. If Ford (and others) were to design both a 1 ton and a 1 t truck then we would have that old double production ghost haunting us. Meaning high costs all around. This is avoided by a one size fits all vehicle. As to your comment below, you have made some gross technical errors. The use of the tonne is not a measure of any type of pulling capacity, but of loading capacity. It is how much mass the vehicle can support, not how much it can pull. Also, if you were talking about pulling power, you would want to use the unit watts. If you wanted to know how much the vehicle can pull, they you would say pulling force, and that would be in newtons, not kilograms or tonnes. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James-Jason Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-12-08 00:40 Subject: [USMA:23838] Re: 1 tonne pickup (Re: "BIG tons") > I can see Ford US using that spelling with a slogan like "Our trucks > have the *BIG* ton(nes)--they're so big we had to use more letters for > them!" A second voiceover would say "One thousand kilograms of sheer > pulling power!" or something similar. -- Jason > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Saturday, December 7, 2002 0:24 am > Subject: [USMA:23830] 1 tonne pickup > > > Hi all, > > > > One wonders when American Ford pickup trucks will have this logo (see > > picture). > > > > It's a ute (utility or pickup) seen yesterday evening at a > > suburban house > > here in Perth, WA. > > > > Regards > > Mike > > > > >
