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An attachment for an engineering vehicle that has a first side having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a first plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a first plurality of holes having a hole diameter; a second side having an outer surface, an

An attachment for an engineering vehicle that has a first side having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a first plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a first plurality of holes having a hole diameter; a second side having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a second plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a second plurality of holes having the hole diameter; and a plurality of rods occupying at least some of the first plurality of holes and at least some of the second plurality of holes, each rod having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis intersecting the first end and the second end, a rod length between the first end and the second end along the longitudinal axis, and a rod diameter.

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1. An attachment for an engineering vehicle, the attachment having comprising: a first side having an outer surface, an inner surface partially bounding a working volume, and a first plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a first plurality of holes h

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An attachment for an engineering vehicle, the attachment having comprising: a first side having an outer surface, an inner surface partially bounding a working volume, and a first plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a first plurality of holes having a hole diameter;a second side having an outer surface, an inner surface partially bounding the working volume, and a second plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a second plurality of holes having the hole diameter, the second plurality of holes being axially aligned with the first plurality of holes;a plurality of rods occupying at least some of the first plurality of holes and at least some of the second plurality of holes, each rod having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis intersecting the first end and the second end, a rod length between the first end and the second end along the longitudinal axis, and a rod diameter;a first plate mounted to the outer surface of the first side, the first plate not bounding the working volume and having a first section intersecting the longitudinal axes of the plurality of rods and spaced a distance from the outer surface of the first side; anda second plate mounted to the outer surface of the second side, the second plate not bounding the working volume and having a second section intersecting the longitudinal axes of the plurality of rods and spaced a distance from the outer surface of the second side, the distance along the longitudinal axes between the first section and the second section is greater than the rod length. 2. The attachment of claim 1 wherein each rod is free to rotate within its associated holes around its axes. 3. The attachment of claim 1 wherein each rod is free to move translationally along its axis. 4. The attachment of claim 1 wherein each rod is free to move radially relative to the axes of its associated holes. 5. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the rod diameter is less than 95% of the hole diameter. 6. The attachment of claim 5 wherein the rod diameter is less than 90% of the hole diameter. 7. The attachment of claim 6 wherein the rod diameter is less than 87.5% of the hole diameter. 8. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the plurality of rods is fixed to at least one of the first side and the second side. 9. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal axes of the plurality of rods are coplanar. 10. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the longitudinal axes of the holes are arranged in a curved configuration. 11. The attachment of claim 1 wherein the plurality of holes and plurality of rods have circular cross sections. 12. The attachment of claim 1 further comprising a back connected to the first side and the second side and partially bounds a working volume. 13. The attachment of claim 1 wherein each rod of the plurality of rods contacts only one of the first section and the second section. 14. The attachment of claim 13 wherein the rod length is less than 95% of the distance along the longitudinal axes between the first section and the second section. 15. An attachment for an engineering vehicle, the attachment comprising: a first side having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a first plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a first plurality of holes having a hole diameter;a second side having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a second plurality of surfaces extending between the outer surface and the inner surface defining a second plurality of holes having the hole diameter, the second plurality of holes being axially aligned with the first plurality of holes;a plurality of rods occupying at least some of the first plurality of holes and at least some of the second plurality of holes, each rod having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis intersecting the first end and the second end, a rod length between the first end and the second end along the longitudinal axis, and a rod diameter;a first plate mounted to the outer surface of the first side, the first plate having a planar elongate first section in contact with the first side, a planar elongate second section intersecting the longitudinal axes of the plurality of rods and spaced a distance from the outer surface of the first side, and an intermediate section connected and angled relative to the first section and the second section; anda second plate mounted to the outer surface of the second side, the second plate having a planar elongate first section in contact with the second side, a planar elongate second section intersecting the longitudinal axes of the plurality of rods and spaced a distance from the outer surface of the second side, the distance along the longitudinal axes between the second section of the first plate and the second section of the second plate is greater than the rod length, and an intermediate section connected and angled relative to the first section and the second section. 16. The attachment of claim 15 wherein each rod is free to rotate within its associated holes around its axes. 17. The attachment of claim 15 wherein each rod is free to move translationally along its axis. 18. The attachment of claim 15 wherein each rod is free to move radially relative to the axes of its associated holes. 19. The attachment of claim 15 wherein each rod of the plurality of rods contacts no more than one of the second section of the first plate and the second section of the second plate.