Why do you still call it a "half ton"?
We have all heard and used the terms "half ton", "three-quarter ton", or "one ton" before. In fact these terms are tossed around here on a daily basis without even thinking about. But why? Most...
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trailernovice wrote:
To add to the confusion...when I was a kid, a friend of my dad's had a pickup--Chevy or GMC, I think -- that had a sticker on the side of the bed that read, 'Heavy Half'
That was around the time when the "150" or "1500" numbers started showing up in place of the F100 or C10 trucks because they had more payload then half a ton. It was about that time that the terms "1/2 ton" became obsolete.
