Kinda like this guy a few days ago. I could make him understand that his 6 cylinder 1/2 ton cargo van does NOT weigh 6 tons. He insisted that I was being ridiculous by telling him it was alot closer to a third that weight..



Or just last week, I did a small iron cleanup & paid by the ton. Went to the nearest scalehouse, about a mile away, for a ticket, came by & loaded up. I looked at the pile & said there was probably 3.5-4 tons there. He was just dead certain there was at least 10 tons if not more. Well, guess what...it about 4.25 tons. He just could not believe it, and was disappointed.

Most folks really have no clue on weight.......after so many years of scrapping, you can look at a pretty big pile & guess within a few hundred pounds.