Product Description
- Smoother Safer Towing: Add instant air ride towing to your pickup & camper trailer with an air equalizer & weight-distribution hitch (easily bolt the weight-distribution head to air equalizer).
- Absorbs Road Shock: Air equalizer absorbs the road shock & cushions the ride when towing a camper with a weight-distribution hitch.
- Chain Style Weight Distribution Hitch: Evenly distributes the weight over the axles of tow your vehicle and trailer to add stability and control. Chain style design makes it easier to adjust the load bars.
- For 2-5/16″ Couplers & Made Fits Pickup Trucks Only: The Air Equalizer is designed for pulling with a Pickup Truck – it will not work with SUV/CUV with coil over springs in the rear. Comes with 2-5/16″ hitch ball. If you have a 2″ coupler you will need to change the ball. (2″ ball not included).
- Air Ride Technology: Built in air ride system + 4 bump cushions direct the road shock, bumps, bangs and tugs through the air ride ride system creating a smoother ride.
- Friction Sway Arm Compatible: The hitch head has two sway arm bar mounts to easily add one or two friction sway arm bar kits. Note: Shocker Friction Sway Arm Kit available and sold separately.
- Choose 7″ or 9″ of Adjustability: 12,000 lbs towing & 1,200 lbs tongue weight capacity plus 7″ or 9″ of Adjustment (5″ of rise to 2″ drop or choose 5″ rise to 4″ drop). Fine tune for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads. Designed for 6,000 to 12,000 lbs gtw trailers.
- Available for 2″, 2 1/2″ & 3″ receiver hitch tubes: Works great on GMC Sierra, Chevy Silverado, Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, Dodge Ram, Ford F150, F250, F350, F450, F550 Super Duty, Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, Nissan Titan, Frontier and Honda Ridgeline pickup trucks.
- Kit includes: Air Equalizer, XR Ball Hitch, two handled hitch pins w/clips & chain style round bar weight distribution hitch with 2-5/16″ hitch ball.
- How to set the air? After you hook up wd bars, air the hitch until the truck side bump cushions are not compressed. If the trailer side bump cushions are compressed you have too much air in the air ride system. See video
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest rated component. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND.
- What Size Receiver Hitch Do I Need? Not sure if you have a 2″, 2-1/2″ or 3″ receiver tube? Measure inside to inside. Check out our guide on How to measure receiver your hitch tube size.
- How Much Drop or Rise Do I Need? Check out our guide to find out how much drop or rise you need.
Huge selection of ball mount attachments available from Pintle hooks, drawbars, clevis, drop, combo, raised, pintle with ball, shackles and mounts with sway bar tabs that work with the XR Hitch base frame.
Upgrade your camper towing experience with our Shocker Air Ride Equalizer with a chain style weight distribution hitch. The air equalizer with built in air ride system absorbs the bumps, bangs, jerks and tugs normally experienced when towing by filtering the road shock through the air ride system and creates a safer, smoother trailer towing experience. The chain style wd hitch helps level the load when your tow vehicle can’t handle the tongue weight of your camper. Plus the chain style round bar design makes it easier to load and adjustable the load bars. The Shocker Air Equalizer™ easily bolts to the included weight distribution hitch head with has a 2-5/16″ hitch ball. The built-in Shocker air ride system cushions and smooths out your ride while the weight distribution system keeps your truck and trailer level. The air ride hitch also has 4 bump cushions for additional performance and provided extra cushioning to reduce the chucking, tugs, and jerks you feel when towing a camper & pickup with a weight distribution system. This Shocker Air Equalizer has 12,000 lbs towing & 1,200 lbs tongue weight rating capacities and offers 7 inches of adjustment up or down with (+5″ rise to -2″ of drop) or (+5″ rise to -4″ of drop) depending on the kit chosen. The Air Equalizer & weight distribution kit comes with an Air Equalizer, adjustable XR hitch for a receiver hitch, and a chain style round bar weight distribution hitch with sway arm bar mounts (friction sway arm bar kits available and sold separately). Plus the added advantage of the Shocker Hitch and weight distribution kit is your ability to adjust air pressure up or down when you tow different weights for the best ride and load control. Featuring a premium textured black powder-coat finish on the air equalizer and XR hitch base frame ball mount & black powder coat Weight-Distribution hitch. This kit is designed for pickup trucks only with leaf springs. Designed to fit 2-5/16″ trailer couplers, if you have a 2″ trailer coupler you will need to change the hitch ball.
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest rated component. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND. The Shocker Hitch Air Equalizer has 12,000 lbs towing capacity and 1,200 lbs on tongue weight. This kit comes with a 2-5/16″ ball rated at 12,000 lbs. If you are mounting a 2″ ball to this system the max towing capacity is 10,000 lbs.
Quality Manufacturing: Manufactured in Jamestown, ND USA. The air equalizer is made in the USA. Note: the Chain Style WD Hitch portion of this kit is made in China.
Air Ride Equalizer: Shocker Air Equalizer is designed with a built-in air ride system for a smoother towing experience. Featuring a built-in height adjustment plus weight adjustable. Just add or ride air depending on the weight of your trailer and its contents.
Chain Style Weight Distribution Hitch: The 12,000 lbs. weight distribution kit allows you to level your truck and trailer for a safer ride. Designed for 6,000 to 12,000 lbs GTW camper trailers. Compatible with 2 friction sway arms sold separately. (Shocker Friction Sway Arm – 1001)
Provides Comfort: With a smoother ride! No more jarring every time you cross a section divider on a rough road or concrete highway. Your Shocker hitch for an equalizer absorbs the thumps and bumps.
Simple Pivot Design: Uses a rocker arm pivot design that produces a front and back motion, much different than other cushion hitches on the market. Our air equalizer design eliminates the need for parallel linkages, shocks, torsion arms, and other over-engineered gadgets
Improves Safety: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and camper. The air ride equalizer for a weight distribution system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing.
Shock Dampening Action: Shocker air equalizer hitch effectively absorbs the jerking, tugging, and 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 your trailer and your receiver hitch.
Saves Money: By reducing trailer breakage on both the trailer and the trailer contents! The Shocker hitch air equalizer absorbs the damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection. This greatly reduces the chances of breaking welds and doing other long-term damage to your equipment as well as the valuable cargo you have inside the truck and trailer.
Adds Life To Your Pickup & Camper: By reducing wear and tear on driveline and frame! Treat yourself, your equipment, and your passengers to a much smoother ride.
California Residents: Prop 65 Warning
I waited to provide a review after 1k miles of towing. I can’t imagine not having this hitch. It’s a dream to not feel the bumps of the trailer on the hitch to the point that I have to check and see if the trailer is even back there. The ride is so smooth now. After years of towing I couldn’t imagine that it was even possible for towing to be this smooth and enjoyable. Towing an empty trailer is equally as enjoyable when I leave the equalizer bars off @ 40lbs of air in the shock bag. The only regret has been not finding this product years earlier.