Subsoiling brush cutter hitch

Abstract

A subsoiling brush cutter hitch adapted for receiving a mower, a subsoiling shank, and optionally a coulter blade, enables combining activities for two dissimilar resource management practices, mastication (mowing) and subsoiling.

1 . A combination masticator and subsoiling implement adapted for pivotal attachment to an excavating machine, comprising: 
 (a) a frame;    (b) a masticator securely attached to said frame and having a plane of rotation; and    (c) a shank socket affixed to said frame, said socket adapted to receive and secure a subsoiling shank having a substantially pointed earth-working end, and wherein said socket is further adapted to orient said shank in an operating position when the masticator plane of rotation is substantially vertical to the ground.    
   
   
       2 . The implement of embodiment  1 , wherein said shank socket is adapted to receive at least one removable fastener for securing said subsoiling shank within said socket.  
   
   
       3 . The implement of embodiment  1  and further comprising a coulter blade adjacent to said shank socket.  
   
   
       4 . The implement of embodiment  1 , and further comprising a subsoiling shank secured within said shank socket.  
   
   
       5 . The implement of embodiment  4 , wherein said subsoiling shank lies substantially in a plane and comprises at least one wing perpendicular to said plane.  
   
   
       6 . The implement of embodiment  4  and further comprising a coulter blade adjacent to said shank socket and positioned between said subsoiler shank and said frame.