Product Description
- Smoother Towing Every Mile with HD Sway Control Air Ride Towing Hitch Kit: It improves the ride and makes towing a trailer smoother. Built-in air ride system offers a smoother towing experience. It absorbs road shock, tugs, jerks, bumps, bangs, bounces and sways through the built in air ride suspension system, creating a smooth ride for the tow vehicle and the trailer. It directs the normal towing resistance between the tow vehicle and trailer through the air ride system, which produces a much smoother ride. It also naturally reduces trailer sway by filtering and absorbing the changing tongue weight that occurs when towing on uneven or rough roads. Dual urethane bump cushions offer HD performance on extremely rough roads and highways. Air ride system is designed with a built-in heavy duty air spring bag for years of heavy duty performance.
- Dual Sway Bars & Combo Ball with Sway Bar Mount Tabs: Get 1/2″ to 4-1/2″ of drop. Featuring either chrome or black 2″ and 2-5/16″ hitch balls with 2 integrated sway bar tabs for mounting the two included friction sway control arm bar kits. Use 1 sway bar for trailers up to 10,000 lbs & 2 sway bars for trailers up to 20,000 lbs. The 1-1/4″ ball with the sway kit, bolts to the sway bar mounting tab to hook up the sway arm bar to the receiver hitch that is connected to the trailer a-frame.
- Dual Sway System is Great for Reducing Trailer Sway: Comes with two friction sway control arm bar kits. The air hitch smooths out the ride, while the friction sway control bars helps prevent side-to-side trailer movement. The adjustable friction bars lets you fine-tune your sway control.
- Easier on You, Passengers, Animals, Truck, Trailer & Cargo: This HD air receiver reduces stress on you, your passengers, animals, tow vehicle, trailer, cargo and equipment. Less stress makes for a more enjoyable experience.
- Prevent Trailer Sway, Get More Comfort & Improve Your Safety: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer. The heavy-duty air ride receiver hitch with sway control arm bars allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing. Added comfort and control makes it safer. Smoother towing also makes it safer.
- Fine Tune for Tow Weight, Best Ride & Load Control: Fine-tune for your towing weight. Add or reduce air depending on the weight of your trailer & contents for best ride & load control. Just add air pressure for heavier loads and reduce psi for lighter trailers.
- Reduces Damage & Saves Money: By reducing 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 truck. driveline, trailer & frame. It also reduced the chances of breaking welds & other long term damage to your equipment, pickup truck & trailer. Treat yourself & equipment to a much smoother ride. No more continual bumps, jerks & vibrations.
- Simple & Effective Pivoting, Shock Absorbing Design: Filters, dampens & absorbs the road shock through the air ride system & urethane cushions with the greaseable 1″ diameter 1045 carbon steel pivot bolt. Uses a rocker arm pivot design which produces a down & back motion, much different than other air hitches on the market. Our design eliminates the need for slides, parallel linkages, rollers, shock absorbers, or multiple airbags.
- HD Sway Control Air Ride Receiver Towing Hitch Kit Includes: Shocker HD Max air receiver hitch with built in 20K air ride system & dual bump cushions, 2″ & 2-5/16″ combo ball with integrated sway bar mounting tabs on hitch side, 2 friction sway arm bar kits and three d-handle mount attachment pins with clips. Two for the mount attachment and one for your receiver.
- Heavy Duty 3/8″ Thick Side Plates with 8 Adjustment Holes: Adjustment for combo-ball mount is 1/2″ to 4-1/2″ drop. Perfect for heavy duty bumper pull trailer towing. Thick HD carbon steel side plates & top plate, heavy duty air spring & dual bump cushions.
- Available for 2″, 2-1/2″ or 3″ Receiver Hitch: Choose for 2″, 2-1/2″ & 3″ receiver hitch tubes. The receiver shank has two hitch pin holes that allow for 1″ of length adjustability on your vehicles receiver hitch.
- Heavy Duty 20,000 lbs Hitch Weight Rating Capacity: 20,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 2,000 lbs tongue weight.
- Matte Black Textured Powder Coat Finish: Impact resistant premium matte black textured powder-coat finish on hitch base frame, floating paddle & receiver shank.
- 20+ Ball Mount Options: Huge selection of ball mount attachments available from combo ball, drop, raised, drawbar, clevis, sway bar tab options, shackle, pintle hook, pintle & ball attachments, and more.
- Great for Pickups, Motorhomes & More: Great for full size pickup trucks, Vans, SUV’s, RV’s & motorhomes with the receiver under the bumper. Popular installs include GMC Sierra, Chevy Silverado, Dodge Ram, F150, F250, F350, F450, F550 Superduty, Toyota Tundra, flatbed trucks & service body trucks.
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by lowest rated component. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND.
- NOTE: This product will not work with a weight-distribution hitch system, if you have a WD hitch, check out our Shocker Air Ride Weight Distribution Hitches.
FAQ Bumper Pull Trailer Towing
- How Does A Shocker Air Hitch Work?
- Trailer Sway Problems
- Air Hitch Benefits
- How Much Drop Do I Need?
- What Size Receiver Does My Truck Have?
- What Is My Towing Capacity?
- Shocker Receiver Hitch Ground Clearance
- How To Measure My Receiver Hitch?
- How to Level Your Trailer
- Truck Is Squatting with Trailer
- Do I Need A Weight Distribution Hitch?
- Types of Trailers
- Greasing Hitch Ball
If you do heavy-duty towing and have trailer sway problems, this is your solutions. It’s time to reduce trailer sway and get the smoothest and safest towing around. This complete heavy-duty air ride sway control trailer towing kit combines a Shocker HD Max air ride receiver hitch with an adjustable combo ball mount with sway bar mount tabs & with two friction sway bar arm control kits. Everything you need for a safer and smoother towing experience every mile. If you have trailer sway problems, this is how you can fix it. The heavy-duty sway control Shocker Hitch air provides the ultimate smooth ride. The built-in heavy duty airbag cushions the ride and absorbs the road shock, bumps, jerks, tugs, bouncing and sway. It’s easier & less stressful on you, your passengers, animals, tow vehicle, trailer, cargo and equipment. Air suspension is the best cushion device on the planet. This shock-absorbing ball mount takes the bumps, jerks, tugs, and roughness out of trailer towing and cushions your ride. Cushions ride and works nicely to help prevent trailer sway. This shocker-absorbing hitch is an air suspension towing hitch mounted between your pickup truck and trailer. Works great on full-size pickup trucks, vans, SUV’s, flatbed trucks, RV’s & motorhomes where the receiver hitch is under the bumper. Commonly used when pulling campers, cargo trailers, ice houses, fish houses, utility trailers, car trailers, race trailers, concession trailers & equipment trailers.
When towing a trailer, you may experience trailer sway from wind, passing vehicles, and rough, uneven road surfaces. The included dual sway control arm bars are made to prevent the trailer from swaying. We offer a sway control arm bar system kit that connects from the Shocker sway control ball mount with built-in sway bar mount tabs on the hitch, to the each side of the trailer a-frame. This sway control system is used to stiffen the connection between the truck and trailer, keeping it straight and in line with the towing vehicle.
You will find the advantage of the Heavy Duty Air Shocker is your ability to adjust air pressure for the trailer weight, best ride, comfort and load control. Textured matte black powder coated finish. The air bag sits under the receiver tube, allowing a short distance of 10-1/2″ each between the mounting pin and the ball center. Available for 2″, 2-1/2″ and 3″ receivers. It also offers 8 adjustment holes for 1/2″ to 4-1/2″ drop along with 20,000 lbs GTW & 2,000 lbs tongue weight. Choose black or chrome trailer hitch balls. The HD Max series Shocker Air Hitch® is proudly made in the USA by Shocker Hitch® in Jamestown, North Dakota, delivering durability, long-lasting performance, and a dramatically smoother towing experience every time you hit the road.
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Bought an HD 20k hitch. Works way better than I expected. Logan was great during the purchase process answering all of my questions and making sure I understood everything.
GREAT HITCH REALLY HELPED WITH CHUCKING WHILE TRAVELING ACROSS AMERICA’S WASH-BOARDED INTERSTATES