You need to clarify which ton you are speaking of:
40 US tons (short tons) = 80,000 lbs.
36.29 Metric tons (tonne) = 80,000 lbs.
ADDED:> And UK ton = 2240lbs, but the question does say "in US".
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8.5 tons is equal to 17,000 pounds (1 ton = 2,000 pounds).
There are 308,000,000,000 pounds in 154,000,000 tons.
There are 100,000 pounds in 50 tons.
To get tons from pounds, divide by 2000. Easy as that. 66675 pounds is 33.3375 tons
27,085 pounds is 13.5425 tons.