Product Description
- Smoother Safer Towing Every Mile with Built-in Air Ride System: Air ride towing technology with a built-in air spring to cushion the ride & absorb the road shock. Add instant air ride to your pickup & trailer. Helps eliminate tugs, thumps, jerks & bumps felt when towing on rough roads or concrete highways. Get a way smoother towing experience. No more jarring every time you cross a section divider. Absorbs road shock, creates a smooth ride & naturally reduces the tendency to trailer sway. Dual urethane bump cushions offer maximum performance.
- Aluminum Air Hitch is Very Stout, Light-Weight & Rust Free: The all aluminum frame, shank and paddle offer a strong towing hitch, yet light-weight for attaching or removing & rust-proof design for years of great looks and performance.
- 3/8″ Thick Side Plates with 8 Adjustment Holes: 2″ of rise to 8-1/2″ of drop. Depends on mount chosen. See the drop & rise guide below. Adjustment for combo-ball mount is 0″ to 4-1/2″ drop. Thick 5052 aluminum side plates & top plate with integrated air spring & dual bump cushions.
- Optimized Your Towing – It’s Easily Adjustable for Tow Weight: Fine tune for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads and reduce air pressure for lighter loads.
- Shock Dampening Action: 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 & Reduces Damage to Trailer & Cargo: By reducing trailer breakage on both the trailer & contents. The Shocker hitch 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.
- Improves Safety & Provides Comfort: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer. The air ride receiver hitch system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing. It’s easier on you, your passengers, animals, cargo, and equipment.
- Industry Leading Rocker Pivot Design: Our shock dampening rocker arm pivot design allows for a down & back motion that filters the road shock into the integrated air ride system with dual bump cushions. Filters the road shock through the air spring bag & urethane cushions with the greaseable 1″ diameter 1045 carbon steel pivot bolt. The 1″ diameter, pivot bolt allows for this pivoting rocker motion to happen smoothly.
- Adds Life To Your Vehicle: By reducing wear and tear on vehicle driveline and trailer frame. Treat yourself, your equipment, and your passengers to a much smoother ride. You’ll never go back to the days of continual bumps, jerks, and vibrations.
- Silver Textured Powder Coat Finish: Impact resistant premium powder-coat finish on base frame.
- 10,000 lbs GTW Capacity: 10,000 lbs towing capacity & 1,000 lbs tongue weight.
- Complete Aluminum Air Hitch Kit includes: Aluminum Shocker air receiver hitch base frame assembly with built-in air bag & dual bump cushions, ball mount you choose, and three D-handle black ball mount hitch pins.
- 2″ Receiver Shank with 2 Holes: Available for 2″ receiver hitch tubes and has two hitch pin holes for length adjustability.
- 20+ Ball Mount Options: Choose the ball mount that works best for you. We have dual ball, drop, raised, pintle hooks, combo multi-ball, clevis pin, dual ball with sway bar tabs, cushioned drawbar, drawbar and more. Combo balls have both 2″ & 2-5/16″ for maximum versatility. See drop & rise guide.
- Great for Pickups: Fits Great for Full Size Pickup Trucks & Vans, Midsize Pickups & Select SUVS (with receiver under bumper). Popular installs include GMC Sierra, Chevy Silverado, Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, Dodge Ram, Ford Ranger, Maverick F150, F250, F350, F450, F550 Superduty, Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, Nissan Titan, Frontier, Honda Ridgeline & Hyundai Santa Cruz.
- Air Bumper Mount Drop & Rise + Tow Rating Guide
– Combo Ball: 0″ Rise to 4.5″ Drop | 2-5/16″ ball rated at 20,000 lbs & 2″ ball rated at 10,000 lbs.
– Drop Ball: 4.5″ to 8.5″ Drop | 2-5/16″ ball rated at 20,000 lbs & 2″ ball rated at 10,000 lbs.
– Raised Ball: 2″ Rise to 2″ Drop | 2-5/16″ ball rated at 20,000 lbs & 2″ ball rated at 10,000 lbs.
– Channel Pintle Hook: 3″ to 7″ Drop | 10-Ton 20,000 lbs.
– Pintle Hook: 2.5″ Rise to 6.5″ Drop | 10-Ton 20,000 lbs.
– Channel Pintle & Ball: 3 to 7″ Drop | 8-Ton 16,000 lbs. (2″ Ball is 10,000 lbs).
– Pintle & Ball: 2.5″ Rise to 6.5″ Drop | 8-Ton 16,000 lbs. (2″ Ball is 10,000 lbs).
– Drawbar: 0″ Rise to 4.5″ Drop | 20,000 lbs.
– Clevis Mount: 3.5″ Drop to 7.5″ Drop | 20,000 lbs.
– Sway Bar Mounts: Same Rating as Like Type Mount Listing Above. - Safety Notice: The Shocker Aluminum Air Hitch is rated at 10,000 lbs GTW and 1,000 lbs tongue weight. The ball mount attachment may be rated for more but the aluminum air hitch is rated for 10,000 lbs GTW max. Do not overload. Always read and follow the tongue and towing weight recommendations of the hitch, receiver, mount, tow vehicle, ball, coupler & trailer you are towing. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND. Bolt on 2″ Ball is 10,000 lbs GTW & 1,000 lbs TW / 2-5/16″ Ball is 20,000 lbs GTW & 2,000 lbs TW.
- NOTE: This product will NOT work with a weight-distribution hitch system, if you have a W-D hitch, check out our Shocker Hitch Air Equalizer for WD Hitches.
- 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 hitch tube size?
- How Much Drop or Rise Do I Need? Check out our video on how to know how much drop do I need?
The revolutionary 10,000 series aluminum Shocker air ride receiver hitch. This patent pending Shocker streamline aluminum air hitch offers instant air ride for your pickup & trailer. Rated at 10,000 lbs GTW. Build your own Shocker Aluminum Air Receiver Hitch and pick your adjustable ball mount. The built in air spring bag filters the bumps through airbag creating a way smoother towing experience. The aluminum design is very stout but makes it easier to attach and remove from your pickup since is lighter than our normal steel air bumper hitch. Get air ride trailer towing in minutes. The aluminum hitch frame, receiver shank, and paddle offer a rust free design for years and years for great looks on your pickup or SUV. Shocker 10k Aluminum Air Hitch base frame includes everything including d-handle black ball mount attachment pins except the ball mount attachment. Ball mount attachments are available including combo ball, drop mount, combo with sway bar tabs, drop with sway bar tabs, and raise mount or raised mount with sway tabs. The natural shock absorbing air hitch properties along with the dual bump cushions create a safer, smoother towing experience and help reduce the tendency of trailer sway.
The aluminum air hitch has a 10,000 lbs tow rating capacity and a 1,000 lbs tongue weight. The aluminum Shocker Air provides the ultimate smooth ride. This shock-absorbing hitch with air spring bag is the best cushioning device on the planet. The Shocker Air is a miniature air suspension unit mounted between your truck and trailer. This Shocker mounts by sliding into a standard receiver tube. Fits Pickup Trucks, Vans, and Select SUV’s with the receiver hitch tube mounted underneath the bumper. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND.
The air ride system sits under the receiver tube allowing a short distance of 10 inches between the mounting pin and ball center. You will find the advantage of the Air Shocker is your ability to adjust air pressure for the best ride and load control. Great for pickup trucks.
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we did a 1300 trip with 31 foot 1990 airstream on of the best trip we have ever had smooth ride no trailer jerking and everything in trailer stay put great hitch stoped and a couple of trailer sale lots the sales people were very interest in the hitch
Good equipment