Dear Joe, Mike, and All, Before metrication Australia used a ton of 2240 pounds consisting of 20 hundredweight of 112 pounds. These units were used widely in agriculture for such things as fertiliser and grain.
However, the change to the simpler tonnes of 1000 kilograms was made quickly and smoothly in the 1970s. I worked for a time in the fertiliser industry and the only time I saw tons of 2000 lb was when we imported specialist fertilisers directly from the USA. Cheers, Pat Naughtin CAMS Geelong, Australia on 2002-12-09 11.42, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mike Joy wrote in USMA 23852 > >> Joseph Reid asked:- >> >> | Will Mike Joy please tell us if Australia used American (short) tons >> | of 2000 lbs. or British (long) toms of 2240 lbs. and hundredweights >> | (cwt.) of 112 lbs.? >> >> It's a metric tonne here, and has been for over 2 decades now. > > > I realize that. My question referred to the past.
