used with any make of excavator optimally one that is greater than 43 000 pounds and up to about 50 000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating gvwr to allow for adequate hydraulic power and excavator ability needed to obtain the full functional capacity the application of this implement can vary from basic mastication mower needs without subsoiling to full obliteration of a road on flat and rolling topography other potential uses are to rehabilitate forested environments timber harvest brush disposal skid trail and temporary logging road decommissioning treatment of small and large scale acreage legacy compaction associated with prior timber harvest and land management activities wildland fire dozer line rehabilitation baer burned area emergency response projects and general subsoiling of compacted harvest units with no mowing the same application could be applied to wetland restoration or creation done to mitigate wetland losses in areas under land development it is estimated that 2 4 acres could be mowed and subsoiled in a day which is approximately equivalent the acreage that can be mowed in one day using existing equipment the implement of the invention will allow a combination of the following forest management objectives into one project 2 wildlife forage enhancement reduction of.