You’ve seen them in numerous cartoons, the large iron frustum with “1 TON” marked on one side. Is there any basis in fact for a standardized weight that heavy?
My Acme Scale set includes one.
I have only use it once however. 
Maybe in elevator shafts? Not all elevators, certainly, but the bigger ones with the 14-person capacity?
You sometimes see them in produce scales. They’re necessary for weighing the one ton tomatoes.
One ton tomato!
I eat a one ton tomato!
One tone tomaaaaaaaato!
I eat a one ton tomaaaaaa-tooo!
Scary that I immediately had the tune in my head.
Guantanamera,
guajira guantanamera
Guantanamera,
guajira guantanamera
At truck scales, maybe?
Actually the newer standard is the 16-ton weight. If that doesn’t work, release the tiger.
Sixteen tons and what do you get?
What about the pointed stick?
Don’t bother releasing the pointed stick, it’s not necessary.
Another day older and deeper in debt?
Shit, that’s actually right…
Thanks Harmonious Discord. So they definitely make test weights that heavy. I still wonder if they used to be frustum* shaped.
*ain’t that the funniest word?
And don’t forget the time Mr. Burns dropped a 1000 gram weight on Homer.
And of couse the 16 ton(ne?) weights that ofen drop on Monty Python…
Brian
Hm dont know about the Acme weights, but I do remember watching a video of a helo accidently dropping a 5 ton training weight over the piste. Makes a doozy of a crater :eek:
What? No list price for the 5000 pound weight? Wonder how much to deliver to Canada? 
We use 1.5-ton and 2-ton weights all the time in the Navy. They are surprisingly compact! Most of the time, they are used to anchor down things you don’t want flying/washing away in foul weather (on the pier). I’m sure there are other uses, as well.