1k lbs is a perfectly cromulent unit of enbiggenment, colloquially known as “Calebs”.

Indeed that’s 10 hundredweight. Which maybe ironically enough is rather intuitive for me, Germany still uses pounds and hundredweight (Zentner) in informal and sectorial use, meaning 500g and 50kg.

Not a fan of kilopounds, klbs?

America is slowly switching to the metric system: metric pounds, metric feet, you know…

I mean, it’s more clear than 0.5 tons, since “tons” doesn’t specify US or metric. Not that it would matter in this specific instance.