Nice style vans, especially that big 25 footer.
Re-reading the previous post though I think Don Rs forgotten his old weights and measures, and that's a wonder
they were drummed into our generation till you knew them backwards
He said 22cwt (hundredweight for the young ones) equated to 2.2 tonne. A metric ton is 1000kg so his converted weight of the 18 footer is 2200kg
Unless I'm mistaken there were (are) 20cwt, each of 112lbs (pounds), in an Imperial ton for a total of 2,240lb. So 22cwt is one ton, two hundredweight or 2464 lbs
Everybody following so far
The conversion to metric based on 1kg = 2.2046lbs (from an old metric conversion chart) converts 2464 lbs to 1117.66kg or 1.118 metric tonne for the weight of the 18 footer. Whew
And for those keeping an eye on the ball you will notice that 2240lbs converts to 1016kg, only 16kg more than a metric tonne so that generally for automotive stuff the Imperial ton is considered to be equal to a metric tonne, unless you were talking in hundreds or thousands or millions of tons, when all those little 16kgs add up to something
So, to quickly recalculate the 25 footer. The 18 footer works out to 1.22 cwt/ft x 25 = 30.55cwt or 3421.6lbs which converts to 1552kg or 1.52 metric tonne
This might have been a bit more manageable for the time.
When you get to check this out Don R I expect at least a 10 out of 10 for my cyphering
if I'm right, and if I'm not
then I'm sure you will give me a big dose of 'egg on face'
and I'll delete the whole business
Mind you I couldn't work this stuff out at school for exams when I had to
QED
George
