Product Description
- Smoother Safer Towing Every Mile – Air Ride Sway Control WD Hitch Kit: Add bolt on air ride towing to your pickup & camper or trailer in minutes. It filters and absorbs road shock, tugs, jerks, bumps, bangs, and sways through the built in air ride suspension system, creating a smooth ride for the tow vehicle utilizing a compatible wd hitch and the camper trailer. It directs the normal towing resistance between the tow vehicle using a weight distribution hitch, and the 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.
- Easy to Adjust Chain Style Weight Distribution Hitch Levels Your Pickup Truck: Evenly distributes the weight over the axles of your towing pickup & trailer to add stability & control. Chain style design makes it easier to adjust the load bars. If your truck is squatting from the weight on the trailer, this will distribute the weight evenly across the pickup and trailer.
- 2 Friction Sway Arm Bar Systems (1 per side) Included: Adjust to stiffens the the left & right side connection between your truck and trailer a-frame, keeping your trailer towing down the road straight and in line with the tow vehicle. Sway control friction arm assembly has two 1-1/4″ trailer mounted mini ball, two 1-1/4″ hitch mounted ball with a lock washers and nuts for your WD hitch head with sway bar mount tabs along with four metal lag screws and two retaining clips. This is great for travel camping trailers, heavy duty trailers, race trailers and toy haulers.
- Easily Adjust Air Pressure for Ride Comfort, Trailer Tow Weight & Load Control: You can easily fine-tune and adjust the air pressure for the best ride and load control on every trip. For heavier loads, increase the air pressure; for lighter loads reduce it. A cushion, steel spring or torsion hitch is not adjustable for tow weight or tongue weight. The air ride equalizer, when used with a compatible weight distribution system, allows for better control of your pickup & trailer.
- Designed to Fits Pickup Trucks Only & Vehicles with Leaf Springs: This is designed for pulling with a Pickup Truck and vehicles with Leaf Springs. It will Not work with SUV/CUVs with coil-over springs in the rear. This is perfect for travel use with camping trailers, heavy-duty trailers, race trailers, and toy haulers.
- Reduces Stress, Breakage, Wear & Tear on Truck, Trailer, Cargo & Equipment: Our air ride equalizer for a WD hitch reduces wear and tear on the pickup truck, driveline, trailer and frame. The shock absorbing and dampening design of an air hitch creates less stress on tow vehicle and trailer. Less stress means less wear and tear on both the tow vehicle and the trailer frame and welds. It’s a must have for newer trailers with aluminum frames that tend to crack because of rough roads and a traditional hard truck to trailer connection. An air ride hitch will greatly reduce the chances of frame cracking and breaking.
- Reduces Stress on Passengers & Animals: Passengers and animals experience less stress while being towed. The shock dampening design effectively absorbs the jerking, tugging, bumps and damaging forces experienced when towing on rough roads and concrete highway, which you would normally feel with a typical hard connection. This makes the ride smoother and less stressful inside the tow vehicle and the trailer.
- Saves Money & Improves Fuel Economy: By reducing trailer breakage on both the trailer & cargo. The air equalizer absorbs the damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection. This greatly reduces the chances of breaking welds & doing other long-term damage to your equipment & valuable cargo. Customers report 1 to 2 miles per gallon because the tow vehicle & trailer work together better with less friction, which reduces downshifting and improves performance.
- Adjustable for Rise or Drop with 12,000 lbs of GTW: Get 12,000 lbs gross trailer weight & 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 tuned for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads.
- Available for 2″, 2-1/2″ & 3″ receiver hitches: 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.
- Complete Sway Control Air Ride Equalizer Weight Distribution Hitch Kit includes: Air Ride Equalizer, Adjustable XR Channel Hitch with two handled hitch pins w/clips, Chain Style Round Bar Weight Distribution Hitch with 2-5/16″ chrome hitch ball & two complete friction arm sway bars with all mounting hardware. Designed to fit 2-5/16″ trailer couplers, if you have a 2″ trailer coupler you will need to change the hitch ball.
- Premium Matte Black Powder Coat Finish: Constructed out of heavy-duty steel that is finished with a premium textured black powder-coat finish on the air equalizer & the XR hitch.
- 20+ Mount Attachment Options: The XR channel hitch, when not used with this air equalizer, also works well with all our Shocker bumper hitch ball mount attachments, which include Combo Ball, Drop, Raised, Sway Bar Tab Options, Pintle, Pintle with Ball, Drawbar, Clevis Pin, Shackle & More.
- 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.
Bumper Pull Trailer Towing FAQ
- What Does A Shocker Air Receiver Hitch Do?
- Drop Hitch Calculator
- Preventing Trailer Sway
- What Hitch Size Does My Truck Have?
- What is Towing Capacity?
- Shocker Hitch Uses & Applications
- How To Measure Receiver Hitch Size
- What’s the Benefit of an Air Hitch?
- How to Level A Trailer
- How To Fix My Truck Swagging with Trailer
- Alternatives to a Weight Distribution Hitch?
- Types of Trailers
- Greasing Hitch Ball
Upgrade your camper trailer towing experience with our Shocker Sway Control Air Ride Equalizer with a chain style weight distribution hitch. The air equalizer with built in air ride system absorbs the bumps, bangs, jerks, tugs & sway normally experienced when towing with a hard connection by filtering the road shock through the air ride system creating a smooth ride for the tow vehicle and trailer. It directs the normal towing resistance between the tow vehicle and weight distribution hitch, and the 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.
The chain style weight-distribution hitch helps level the load and keep your pickup from squatting it can’t handle the tongue weight of your camper or trailer. The chain style round bar design makes it easier to load & adjust the load bars. The two included friction sway control arm bars can easily be hooked up, adjustable and removed. If trailer sway is an issue you can tighten them as needed to reduced the sway. The air ride Shocker Hitch Equalizer® easily bolts to the included weight distribution hitch head which has a 2-5/16″ hitch ball. The built-in Shocker air ride system cushions & smooths out your ride while the weight distribution system keeps your truck & trailer level. You can easily adjust the air pressure to fine tune for tow weight, best ride and load control. It’s also can be adjusted up or down for more drop or rise. This sway bar air ride wd hitch kit is designed for pickup trucks only with leaf springs. 12,000 lbs GTW & 1,200 lbs TW.
The air ride design is easier and less stressful on you, your passengers, pickup, trailer & cargo. Air equalizer is manufactured in Jamestown, ND, by Shocker Hitch. The Chain Style W-D Hitch & friction sway arms portion of this kit is made in China.
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