Patent ID: 8591143

Claim:
A method for repairing a road formed from a slab forming a lane of traffic, said method comprising the steps of: a) cutting from the slab a slab section to be removed having a width that is the same as or approximately the same as the width of the lane of traffic; b) moving a mobile, expandable lifting apparatus longitudinally along the lane of traffic toward the slab section to be removed and expanding the mobile expandable lifting apparatus from a retracted condition to an expanded condition prior to advancement over the slab section to be removed; in the retracted condition, the mobile lifting frame being narrower than the width of the slab section to be removed and in the expanded condition wheels of the mobile, expandable lifting apparatus extending in spaced relation wider than the width of the slab section to be removed c) securing the slab section to be removed to a lifting mechanism connected to the mobile, expandable lifting apparatus; d) using the lifting mechanism to lift the slab section to be removed to a height which is higher than a support surface of a mobile support platform; e) moving the mobile, expandable lifting apparatus into straddling relationship with the mobile support platform and releasing the slab section to be removed from the lifting mechanism and onto the mobile support platform.