Accurate setup with your airseeder can make or break a great crop …see what happens if you run the hose uphill! We continuously perform extensive Research and Development with Air Seeder components for over 25 years and our results are conclusive. When the hose gets partially blocked the air diverts to the other outlets (least resistance) at the same time increasing the air speed out the other hoses marginally. The two ways to overcome this problem is to raise the head so gravity can assist or increase the fan speed to force the material over the hill (so to speak) however this increases the total air speed and velocity, causing 1. seed bounce, 2. grain damage, 3. wear and tear on all the components. The partial blocking of hoses causes stripping in the crops. E.g. as the grain and fertilizer is building up in the hoses, less material is deposited in the furrows therefore reducing yield. If the build-up doesn’t totally block and eventually let’s go, it floods the furrow with grain and fertilizer causing seed bunching and preventing germination as the grain is over populated and steals from each other of moisture. You can lose as much as 5 to 10% yield and not see it by your naked eye, but you can see that in your bank balance