Road plate moving system and method

A method of moving a road plate, comprising:

• providing a vehicle provided with a winch and a cable, a first end of the cable being attached to the winch and the second end of the cable being fed through a guide roller and bearing a first detachable attachment mechanism for detachable attachment to a road plate;
• the vehicle being provided with at least one extension arm configured to extend the guide roller horizontally behind the vehicle, the at least one extension arm being long enough to extend the guide roller over the centre of a road plate;
• and the vehicle having a downward protruding member the downward protruding member bearing a second detachable attachment mechanism for detachable attachment to the road plate;
• wherein in operation:
• the at least one extension arm is extended to move the guide roller over the centre of a road plate;
• the cable is unrolled from the winch so as to allow the first detachable attachment mechanism to detachably attach to the road plate;
• detachably attaching the first detachable attachment mechanism to the road plate;
• the cable is rolled onto the winch so as to raise the road plate off the ground and allow the second detachable attachment mechanism to detachably attach to the road plate;
• detachably attaching the second detachable attachment mechanism to the road plate;
• driving the vehicle to a new location for the road plate.