Which Gooseneck Air Hitch Is Right for Me?

Not all gooseneck trailers are used the same way. Whether you’re hauling horses, equipment, pallets, skid steers, hay, livestock, race cars, or running a commercial hotshot business, choosing the right gooseneck air ride hitch and coupler can dramatically improve ride quality and reduce trailer chucking. It filters the road shock, which makes it easier and less stressful on you, your passengers and animals. Plus it reduces damage and protect your truck, trailer, cargo, and passengers. The are adjustable for changing tongue weights from heavier or lighter loads, as well as the changing tongue weights caused by concrete highways and rough roads.

When towing a gooseneck trailer with gross trailer weights of 20,000, 30,000 or even 40,000 lbs, the best thing you can do make it smoother and reduce damage is to update the trailer with a gooseneck air ride hitch. Whether you are pulling with 1/2 ton, 3/4″ ton, 1 ton pickup truck, medium-duty or commercial truck, medium duty hauler or chassis cab, an air ride gooseneck connection with also absorb and filter the chucking you feel in the cab as well as reduce the wear and tear from normal tugging and jerking occurring between the tow vehicle and the gooseneck trailer.

Use the guide below to find the best Shocker Gooseneck Air Hitch for your trailer.

Quick Recommendation Chart

Trailer TypeRecommended Shocker Hitch
Horse Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air with 9″ Offset Coupler
Living Quarter Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air with 9″ Offset Coupler
Hotshot Trailer40K Gooseneck Surge Air with 3″ Coupler
RV / Camper ConversionQuick Air 5th Wheel to Gooseneck Kit
Flatbed Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Equipment Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Race Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Car Hauler Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Gravity-Flow Grain Trailers30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Grain Cart Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Seed Tender Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Dump Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Hay Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Tilt Deck Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Deck-Over Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Livestock Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Landscaping Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch
Toy Hauler Trailer30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Air Ride Gooseneck Hitch Options

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Gooseneck Flatbed Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Flatbed trailers are commonly used for hauling machinery, equipment, pallets, vehicles, construction materials, and general cargo. The Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch helps absorb road shock and reduces stress on both the trailer and cargo.

Gooseneck Equipment Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Equipment trailers often haul skid steers, mini excavators, tractors, and other heavy machinery. The built-in air ride system cushions harsh road impacts and reduces wear and tear on both equipment and trailer. The shocker absorbing and dampening helps keep the load stable and easier to handle driving down all sorts of road conditions.

Gooseneck Living Quarter Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch with 9″ Offset Coupler

Living quarter trailers carry valuable interiors, appliances, furniture, and passengers. The 9″ Offset Coupler provides additional cab clearance while the air ride system helps deliver a smoother, more comfortable towing experience that makes for smoother towing along with less damage to your trailer and appliances that can get rattled loose with a normal hard connection.

Gooseneck Horse Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch with 9″ Offset Coupler

Horse owners appreciate the smoother ride provided by Shocker Hitch air ride technology. The horses will expense way less stress because the air ride suspension helps reduce trailer shock and jerking. The 9″ offset coupler improves turning clearance for today’s trucks with wide front horse trailers.

Gooseneck Hotshot Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 40K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch with 3″ Coupler

Hotshot operators log thousands of miles every month and demand maximum durability. The 40K Surge Air Hitch with 3″ Coupler is designed for commercial-duty towing applications and provides the strength and a way smoother ride quality that serious haulers require. Less damage and helps your equipment last longer with less chances of broken welded and cracked frames. The build in gooseneck air ride hitch system acts as a absorber and dampener, reducing the chucking, jerks and tugs a normal hard connection between the truck and trailer amplifies.

Gooseneck Race Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch or choose a 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch with 9″ offer coupler option for wide front gooseneck race trailers.

Protect your race car, UTV, drag car, sprint car, tools and racing motorsports equipment from unnecessary road shock. The air ride system helps cushion impacts and reduces vibration during transport for both the tow vehicles and the trailer. Your toolbox, tire rack and geart won’t get bounce around inside the trailer as the air ride hitch cushions the jerks, bucking, tugs and whiplash effect caused by rough roads when hauling with a traditional hard gooseneck coupler connection.

Gooseneck Car Hauler Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch or choose a 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch with 9″ offer coupler option for wide front gooseneck car hauler trailers.

Whether hauling classic cars, show vehicles, or daily drivers, the 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch helps create a smoother towing experience and reduces harsh trailer movement and the chances of straps breaking and gear tipping over inside the trailer.

Gooseneck Seed Tender Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Farm equipment often encounters rough roads on gravel roads, fields and field approaches. The air ride system helps reduce shock loads transferred between the truck and seed tender gooseneck trailer The normal chucking can be pretty intense, but not with an air ride gooseneck hitch.

Gooseneck Seed Tender Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Seed tenders often travel between farms and fields carrying valuable seed inventory. The 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch helps reduce road shock and trailer bounce along with the chucking and stress on both the truck and trailer while improving overall ride quality.

Gooseneck Gravity-Flow Grain Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Gravity-flow grain trailers frequently operate on gravel roads, field approaches, and uneven terrain. The built-in air ride system helps absorb road shock, reduce trailer chucking, bucking, and provide a smoother towing experience during harvest and transport. Plus is reduces damage from the aggressive uneven farm fields.

Gooseneck Dump Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Dump trailers frequently carry heavy loads that can create significant towing stress. The Surge Air system helps absorb impacts and improve overall towing comfort.

Gooseneck Hay Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Whether hauling round bales or square bales, the 30K Surge Air Hitch provides a smoother ride and helps reduce wear on both truck and trailer.

Gooseneck Tilt Deck Trailers

Recommended Hitch: 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Tilt deck trailers are commonly used for equipment hauling and benefit from reduced chucking and smoother towing performance. You skid or paver with get there in the same condition to left. An air ride gooseneck hitch acts is filtering and dampening the tugs and jerks, reducing damage, broken straps and offers the ability to adjust the air pressure when loaded, unloaded or changes in equipment load.

Gooseneck Deck-Over Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Deck-over trailers are versatile workhorses for hauling equipment, vehicles, goods and materials. The air ride system helps reduce trailer bounce and improve ride quality. Smoother in the truck and smoother on the trailer.

Gooseneck Livestock Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

When hauling cattle, sheep, pigs, or other livestock, reducing trailer shock can help improve animal comfort during transport. No more PSDT or overly stress out animals. The air ride system helps cushion bumps and rough roads give you and your animals a way smoother and ultimately better ride.

Gooseneck Landscaping Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Perfect for transporting mowers, skid steers, compact equipment, mulch, stone, and landscaping materials with improved ride quality and less damage and wear on equipment normally caused by uneven or road roads caused by the road shock from a normal hard gooseneck coupler connection. This will same you money and get you to the next job smoother with less stress on you and your stuff.

Gooseneck Toy Hauler Trailers

Recommended Hitch: Shocker 30K Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch

Protect ATVs, UTVs, motorcycles, and other recreational vehicles from excessive trailer shock while enjoying a smoother towing experience. The smoother ride is felt in both the truck and inside the toy hauler. Easier gooseneck trailer towing along with way less wear and tear on your pickup, trailer and whatever is inside.

Not Sure What Gooseneck Stem Size You Need?

A lot of customers don’t know whether they have. Not sure which stem size fits your trailer? Measure the inside diameter of your trailer’s gooseneck outer tube or contact Shocker Hitch customer service for assistance. Most gooseneck stems have a safety pin and clip and the stems have holes to adjust the height. For round stems if you have a safety pin in the stem, determine if it is straight or angled. If square if it is straight left to right, which is most common or front to back, which is pretty rare. A few trailer brands offers a square stem with a top crank to adjust the height. Find Your Gooseneck Hitch.

Round Stem Options

  • 4″ round stem without pin holes (common on older trailers)
  • 4″ round stem with left to right straight pin holes (common on horse trailers)
  • 4″ round stem with left to right angled pin holes generally at a 10 to 20 degree angle
  • 100 mm stem round with left to right straight pin holes (less common round stem type)
  • 100 mm stem round with left to right angled pin holes generally at a 20 to 30 degree angle

Square Stem Options

  • 4″ square stem with left to right straight pin holes (common on hd flatbed and equipment trailers)
  • 4″ square stem with front to back straight pin holes (less common square stem)
  • 4″ square stem with a top crank handle at top.
  • 100 mm square stem with left to right straight pin holes
  • 4.5″ square stem with left to right straight pin holes (common on newer hd flatbed and equipment trailers)
  • 3.5″ square stem (common on smaller aluminum trailers)

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