Product Description
- Smoother Towing Every Mile with Air Ride: The built-in air spring and dual urethane bump cushions absorb road shock, bouncing, bumps, bangs, tugs, and jerks for a smoother ride in your tow vehicle and trailer. The air ride system also helps reduce trailer sway by absorbing changing tongue loads on uneven roads. Built for years of heavy-duty towing.
- Pintle & Ball Towing Ratings: Complete SH-334 attachment ratings: pintle mode, 16,000 lb GTW; 2″ ball mode (SH-334-2), 12,000 lb GTW; 2-5/16″ ball mode (SH-334-25), 16,000 lb GTW. Maximum attachment TW is 3,000 lb in each mode. Follow the selected hitch base rating; other attachment options have their own limits.
- Designed for Receivers Inside the Bumper: Trail Force® accommodates receiver locations commonly found on SUVs and some service-body and flatbed trucks. Check your receiver position, size, and available clearance before selecting your hitch.
- Easily Optimized For Tow Weight, Bed Ride & Load Control: Easily add or reduce air pressure with the integrated premium air line & valve loaded on the driver’s side of the frame. Add air pressure for heavier loads and reduce for lighter loads. See our Watch: Air Hitch Air Pressure Video.
- Choose Your Mount & Drop/Rise: Choose combo-ball, drop-ball, raised-ball, sway-control-tab, pintle, pintle-with-ball, drawbar, cushioned-drawbar, or clevis attachments. Adjustment range depends on your selection, with up to 10.5″ of drop with the drop-ball mount. Choose No Ball Mount if you already have a compatible attachment or plan to purchase one separately. See the Drop/Rise Guide for attachment ranges and ratings, or explore ball mount attachments.
- Saves Money & Reduces Damage To Equipment & Cargo: By reducing trailer breakage on both the trailer & contents. The Shocker hitch absorbs the damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection. This greatly reduces the wear & tear on the driveline & frame, along with reducing the chances of breaking welds & other long-term damage to your equipment, truck & trailer. Treat yourself, passengers & equipment to a much smoother ride. No more continual bumps, jerks & vibrations.
- Easier on You & Your Passengers & Animals with Improved Comfort: Treat yourself, equipment, passengers & your animals to a much smoother ride with added comfort and control an air receiver offers.
- Heavy Duty 3/8″ Thick Side Plates with 10 Adjustment Holes: 2″ of rise to 10-1/2″ of drop. Depends on the mount chosen. See the drop & rise guide below. Adjustment for combo-ball mount is 0″ to 6-1/2″ drop. Perfect for smooth trailer towing for SUVs with a receiver inside the bumper. Thick HD carbon steel side plates & top plate, heavy-duty air spring & dual bump cushions.
- Simple, Effective Design: Uses a rocker arm pivot design which produces a down & back motion, much different than other air hitches on the market. Design eliminates the need for slides, parallel linkages, rollers, shock absorbers, or multiple air spring bags. Filters the rock shock through the air ride system & urethane cushions with the greaseable 1″ diameter 1045 carbon steel pivot bolt.
- Shock Dampening Action: Effectively absorbs the jerking, tugging & damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection when towing trailers. There is no reason to beat yourself or your equipment up with a hard connection between trailer & receiver hitch. Helps eliminate tugs, thumps, jerks & bumps felt when towing on rough roads or concrete highways. Built-in air ride system for a smoother towing experience. No more jarring every time you cross a section divider.
- Complete Trail Force Air Ride Hitch Kit Includes: Shocker Trail Force air receiver hitch with built-in 14K air ride system & dual bump cushions, ball mount you choose, and three ball mount attachment pins with clips. 2 for the attachment and 1 for the receiver hitch.
- 2 Hole Receiver Shank: Available for 2″ receiver hitch tubes & features two hitch pin holes for length adjustability.
- Textured Matte Black Powder Coat Finish: Premium Max Black™ textured, impact-resistant matte black powder-coat finish on hitch frame & shank.
- 14,000 lbs Tow Capacity: 14,000 lbs towing capacity and a 1,400 lbs tongue weight. Great for boats, campers, car trailers, utility trailers, ice houses, equipment trailers & more.
- Great for Vehicles with Receiver Inside Bumper: Fits Sport Utility Vehicles, Service Body & Flatbed Trucks with the receiver hitch tube inside the rear bumper. This Will Not work with Vans, CUVs, Compact, Midsize, or 1/2 ton pickups, as the frame is too long. It will also work with 4WD 3/4 & 1 Ton trucks or taller-than-stock & lifted pickups. Note: 19″ from the ground to the vehicle’s receiver is needed for ground clearance.
- NOTE: This product will not work with a weight-distribution hitch system. If you have a w-d hitch, check out our Shocker Air Ride Weight Distribution Hitches.
Air Receiver Hitch Setup & Towing Guides
Guides open in a new tab so you can keep your hitch selections.
- How Does A Shocker Air Receiver Hitch Work?
- How Much Drop Do I Need?
- Do I Need Sway Bars?
- What Hitch Size Does My Pickup Truck Have?
- Towing Capacity Explained
- Shocker Receiver Hitch Ground Clearance Guide
- Shocker Hitch Uses
- How Do I Measure My Hitch Size?
- What’s the Benefit of an Air Hitch?
- How to Level Your Trailer for Better Towing
- My Truck Squats with Trailer, How Do I Fix It?
- Alternatives for a Weight Distribution Hitch
- Types of Trailers
- Why Grease Your Hitch Ball
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest-rated component. Never exceed the lowest applicable gross trailer weight (GTW) or tongue-weight (TW) rating of the vehicle, receiver, hitch base, attachment, ball, coupler, or trailer. Evaluate GTW and TW separately. The proper ball must be installed before towing, including in pintle mode. SH-334 without a ball is a replacement part only.
The patent-pending Trail Force® Air Receiver Hitch is designed for receiver locations inside the bumper, commonly found on SUVs and some service-body and flatbed trucks. It is available for 2-inch receiver hitches with over 20 attachment choices. Its heavy-duty frame has 10 adjustment holes for a range of drop and rise settings, depending on the attachment selected. Check receiver position, size and available clearance before choosing your hitch.
Choose from over 20 Shocker receiver hitch ball mount attachments options, including combo ball, drop mount, raised, clevis, drawbar, pintle hitch, pintle with a ball, as well as mounts with sway bar mounting tab options. Featuring an impact resistant matte black textured powder coat finish. 14,000 lbs GTW tow rating & 1,400 lbs of tongue weight capacity.
Pintle & Ball Towing Ratings: Complete SH-334 attachment ratings: pintle mode, 16,000 lb GTW; 2″ ball mode (SH-334-2), 12,000 lb GTW; 2-5/16″ ball mode (SH-334-25), 16,000 lb GTW. Maximum attachment TW is 3,000 lb in each mode. Follow the selected hitch base rating; other attachment options have their own limits.
Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest-rated component. Never exceed the lowest applicable gross trailer weight (GTW) or tongue-weight (TW) rating of the vehicle, receiver, hitch base, attachment, ball, coupler or trailer. Evaluate GTW and TW separately. The proper ball must be installed before towing, including in pintle mode. SH-334 without a ball is a replacement part only.
Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND.
Note: This SUV, inside the bumper mount, hitch will not work with vans, CUVs & 2WD pickups as the frame is too long when mounting to a receiver hitch under the bumper. However, it will work on 2500, 3500 & taller than stock pickups
How the Air Ride System Cushions Your Tow
The Trail Force® hitch routes towing forces through its air spring and pivoting assembly, cushioning the connection between your tow vehicle and trailer. As tongue loads change over uneven pavement, the air spring absorbs movement while the dual urethane bump cushions provide additional cushioning on rough roads. Adjusting air pressure for your loaded trailer helps the system work properly as your towing load changes.
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