• bstix@feddit.dk
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    1 year ago

    Honestly I don’t know what a ton looks like. I’ve bought stuff like gravel and even the guy selling it had no idea. I asked for half a ton which is the legal limit on my trailer and because the skid-loader didn’t have a scale in the grapple he said “I’m just gonna eyeball it”. Then on the scale where they do the payment it showed 2 ton, so I had to manually shovel 1.5 ton of gravel off.

    Sure I can visualise a ton of water because it’s such a nice unit, but everything else makes no sense. Cubic metres is a much better measurement to visualise.