Keeping the machine aloft while riding on slash, logs or root wads can assist in area coverage and decrease site disturbance in wet areas. Each operator should establish quality and quantity sample plots every 3-4 hours. He'd then compute his spots per acre. Each plot center must be marked and numbered with a ribbon, keep a ledger in the cab of the excavator to pass on to his supervisor upon request. This can be readily done in less than 10 minutes.
Quality control is important.
It keeps the operator aware of his spacing and costs. 600 spots developed when your only getting paid for 400 means that someone has to pay for 200 spots that no one wants. Long repetitive hours can be tiring. His job quality will remain higher.