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 and quickly hook up sway arms).
- 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.
- Eliminates Trailer Sway: Dual friction sway bars stiffen the connection between truck and trailer, allowing you to adjust and fine-tune your towing experience. Help reduce any sway from wind or road conditions.
- 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.
- 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 & two friction sway arm bars.
- 2 Friction Sway Control Arm Bar Systems (1 per side) Includes: Sway control friction arm assembly, 1 1-1/4″ trailer mounted mini ball, 1 1-1/4″ hitch mounted ball with a lock washer and nut for your sway control ball mount tab along with 4 metal lag screws and 2 retaining clips. This is great for travel camping trailers, heavy duty trailers, race trailers and toy haulers.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 trailer towing experience with our Shocker Air Ride Equalizer with a chain style weight distribution hitch with trailer sway control arm bars. 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 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 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 bumper, 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 mounts & friction sway arm bar kits. 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 base frame hitch & black power coat W-D hitch. This trailer towing 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 & friction sway arms 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 the 2 friction sway arms which are included.
Dual Friction Sway Control Arms: Great for drastically reducing trailer sway. A single system comes with the sway control friction arm assembly, 1 1-1/4″ trailer mounted mini ball, 1 1-1/4″ hitch mounted ball with a lock washer and nut for your sway control ball mount tab along with 4 metal lag screws and 2 retaining clips. This is perfect for travel use with camping trailers, heavy-duty trailers, race trailers, and toy haulers.
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.
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