Tent ballast concrete block handling system

A system for ballasting tents, said system comprising:

• a ballast cast of concrete;
• each ballast comprises:
• a top surface (33t);
• a front surface (4);
• a back surface (93);
• at least one pocket (5), sized, and rectangularly shaped, to receive a fork (19);
• said pocket (5) extending through the front surface (4) and through the back surface (93);
• a front recess (9) in the front surface;
• said front recess (9) below the pocket;
• a front tie-down (6.1 or 32D), cast into the ballast;
• said front tie-down being galvanized steel;
• said front tie-down having an opened bend, forming a hook, extending:
• out from the concrete into the front recess (9), but not outward from the front surface (4);
• a dome shaped top recess (7) in the top surface (33t);
• a top tie-down point (6);
• said top tie-down point (6):
• cast into the ballast;
• extending into the top recess (7);
• but not extending above the top surface (33t);
• the top tie down point (6) is part of a galvanized steel bar (32E),
• said galvanized steel bar (32E) having a central horse-shoe bend at the tie-down point (6), so that:
• said galvanized steel bar's two ends (33e) are embedded in the ballast, but the horse-shoe bend protrudes into dome shaped top recess (7);
• said pocket has a lower edges (5L);
• said front surface (4) has a bottom edge (4B);
• and
• said lower edge (5L), is at a pocket elevation (5E) above the bottom edge (4B);
• the bend (33) give each bar (32E) a vertical dimension of 3.94″;
• each bar (32E) does not protrude above the top to surfaces (33t) of the blocks (11, 3, 13, & 15), so as not to interfere with stacking of the blocks atop each other;
• and bent bar (32E) is 13.87″ from end (33e) to end (33e);
• a hand-truck (17);
• said hand-truck (17) having a pair of carrying rails (17C);
• said hand-truck (17) having a fork (19);
• said fork (19) extends horizontally from the carrying rails (17C);
• said hand-truck (17) has a pair of bottom wheels (24);
• said bottom wheels (24) each have a wheel bottom (24B);
• said fork (19) extends horizontally from the carrying rails (17C);
• said fork (19) extends from the carrying rails (17C) at a fork elevation (19E);
• and
• the fork elevation (19E) is greater than the pocket elevation (5E);
• the pocket (5) has a rectangular cross-section;
• the rectangular cross-section has a pocket height (5H);
• and
• the rectangular cross-section has a pocket width (5W);
• the fork (19) has a fork cross section;
• the fork cross section has four outside corners, separated by:
• an outside fork height (19h), and
• an outside fork width (19w);
• the pocket height (5H) exceeds the outside fork height (19h) by a minimum of two inches;
• the outside fork height (19h) is 2 inches;
• the outside fork width (19w) is 6 inches;
• the pocket height (5H) is four inches;
• and
• the pocket width (5W) is four inches;
• the fork cross section comprises two square section of steel box tubing (20);
• and the two square sections of steel box tubing (20) are joined to each other by a welded center plate (21);
• said lower edge (5L), is at the pocket elevation (5E) of at least four inches above the bottom edge (4B);
• and
• the fork elevation (19E) is 5 9/16″, above the ground under the bottom of the hand-truck (17).