Smoother Safer Towing: Improves your ride, reduces wear & tear on pickup & Bloomer gooseneck horse trailer.
Easy Install: Completely replaces your factory gooseneck stem & coupler with Gooseneck Surge Air System & Coupler. Installs in Minutes.
Absorbs Road Shock: Helps eliminate tugs, jerks & bumps felt when towing on rough roads or concrete highways.
Built in Airbag: This hitch directs the tow resistance through an airbag, producing a smooth ride.
30,000 lbs & 7,000 lbs tongue weight: Available with 30k dual latching Shift Lock gooseneck coupler.
Air Ride Technology: Protects your truck, gooseneck trailer and their contents with a smoother, safer tow. Heavy loads, just add air. The cure for choppy, bouncy, buckled, rough & busted up roads. No more booms, bangs and jerks when towing with your gooseneck.
Fits 2-5/16″ gooseneck hitch balls: & has 3 height adjustment holes. (Standard coupler extends 3″ forward from your factory coupler or choose 9″ extension for short bed pickups)
Includes complete Shocker Gooseneck Surge® air hitch with built in airbag, replacement inner tube stem & 30,000 lb Shift Lock™ gooseneck coupler for 2-5/16″ ball.
The Shocker Gooseneck Surge® air hitch & coupler is the ultimate in gooseneck horse trailer towing for your Bloomer gooseneck horse trailer. This shock absorbing cushion hitch & coupler for gooseneck trailers comes with a 30,000 lbs rated dual latching Shift Lock™ goose air coupler for a 2-5/16″ hitch ball and fits the Bloomer gooseneck horse trailers with a 4″ round stem. It’s also available with a 9″ extension coupler for short bed pickups. A Bloomer gooseneck trailer is a premium trailer and needs a premium shock absorbing hitch & coupler. The Gooseneck Surge air hitch & coupler is the only air ride hitch to exclusively work in a forward and back motion, which is often times this is the biggest jerk & tug you feel when towing gooseneck trailers. The built in airbag cushions the ride, absorbs the bumps and bangs making it easier on you, your pickup, your horses and your trailer. The shock absorbing hitch for a Bloomer gooseneck horse trailer is made for smooth and safe towing on your pickup, trailer and horses. Works great on gooseneck style horse trailers manufactured by Bloomer Trailers. Completely replaces your factory stem & coupler with the Gooseneck Surge Air system & coupler. Installs in minutes.
Note: Bloomer gooseneck trailers have round stems that are 4″. The Shocker gooseneck surge air hitch attaches easily to your trailer. Replacement stem has 3 adjustment holes and the coupler extends 3″ forward from factory location or you can also order it 9″ forward for short bed pickup trucks. Not sure what size round gooseneck stem you have? Check out our gooseneck stem selection guide.
Shock Dampening Action: Shocker air 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.
Saves Money: By reducing trailer breakage on both the trailer and the trailer contents! The Shocker hitch 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! Travel a lot on concrete highways? No more jarring every time you cross a section divider. Your Shocker air hitch absorbs the thumps, bumps and jerks you feel when towing your gooseneck trailer from Bloomer.
Adjustable for Tow Weight: The air bag sits behind your gooseneck hitch and out of the way. You will find the advantage of the Air Shocker is your ability to adjust air pressure for best ride and load control. View our Shocker PSI Air Pressure tuning guide.
Shift Lock™ Coupler: 30,000 lbs rated, patented gooseneck coupler. The only gooseneck coupler that captures ball on both sides. At a glance, you can see if the coupler is locked on the ball. Easy to use handle to hook up and disconnect the coupler from the ball.
Saves Fuel: By using a gooseneck Surge Hitch, you may save as much as one mile per gallon. When we developed the Surge Hitch our intention was to give a smoother ride, period. We perfected that and never considered the other benefits. Customers using the Surge hitch started calling with reports of better fuel mileage. Claims of up to a mile per gallon are pretty normal.
Adds Life To Your Vehicle & Gooseneck: By reducing wear and tear on driveline and frame! Treat yourself, your equipment, your passengers and your horse to a much smoother ride. You’ll never go back to the ‘old days’ of continual bumps, jerks, and vibrations. Join the list of satisfied customers that are using Shocker gooseneck hitches on your gooseneck. Order one today and get ready for your ultimate smooth towing experience the next time out.
Air Ride Hitch Technology: Shocker Air is designed with a built-in air bag for a smoother towing experience. Just add air depending on the weight of your trailer and its’ contents. View our Shocker Gooseneck PSI Air Pressure Guide.
Simple Pivot Design: Uses a rocker arm pivot design which produces a front and back motion, much different than other cushion hitches on the market. Our design eliminates the need for parallel linkages, shock absorbers, torsion arms and other over engineered gadgets.
Improves Safety: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer. The Gooseneck surge air hitch system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing.
Shocker Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch & Coupler Videos
Install a Gooseneck Surge in Minutes
How The Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch Works Video
Gooseneck Surge Hitch for Stem Selection Video
Install
Shocker Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch & Coupler Installation
When used properly these Gooseneck surge air hitch will make noticeable improvements in your gooseneck trailer towing quality. Giving both truck and trailer a smoother ride with less trailer fatigue and breakage.
Install a Gooseneck Surge in Minutes
How to Air Up Gooseneck Surge Air Coupler?
Gooseneck Surge Air Pressure:
This is a LOW-PRESSURE hitch, that works by tow resistance.
Set air pressure at approx. 15 psi, then test drive.
Increase pressure in 5 psi increments until optimum results are found.
Typical air pressure range is 5 – 15 psi.
Note: When towing heavy trailers or trailers with high wind resistance it may be necessary to increase air pressure in the Shocker.
Maximum Pressure: Do not exceed 100 psi in the air bag, as it may damage the air bag.
Maximum weights for Shocker Surge: 30,000 lbs GTW & 7,000 lbs Tongue Weight for Patented 30,000 lbs Shift Lock™ coupler for 2-5/16″ gooseneck ball (Offset 2-5/16″ coupler tongue weight is 6,000 lbs). 40,000 lbs GTW & 7,000 lbs Tongue Weight for Patented 40,000 lbs Shift Lock Coupler for 3″ gooseneck ball. For the QuickAir 5th To Gooseneck Air with Shift Lock™ coupler for 2-5/16″ gooseneck ball it is 24,000 lbs GTW & 6,000 lbs Tongue Weight. Patent #’s 11,370,257 B1 & D898,628.
Safety Notice: The Shocker Hitch is a heavy-duty unit, however, it is imperative that any weight capacity ratings are not exceeded on the ball that is mounted on your tow vehicle, or the Shocker Hitch. V-19 rated. Do not exceed G.V.W.R. of ball being used.
Installation
Take a vertical measurement from the bottom of the ball coupler tube to the bottom of the trailer frame sleeve. This dimension will be used to set the Shocker Gooseneck Surge Trailer Hitch
Remove pins or loosen locking bolts on the trailer frame sleeve, and remove the existing coupler tube.
Slide Gooseneck Surge Shocker Hitch insert tube inside the trailer frame sleeve with the air bag toward the rear of trailer.
Hold or support Shocker at vertical measurement noted in Step #1. This should duplicate the previous ride height of the trailer. Shockerhitch must be properly aligned, (parallel with trailer), to maximize its benefits.
Note: If your trailer coupler tube is equipped with a pin or pins, the correct pin location must be marked in the Shockerhitch insert tube and have a qualified machine shop drill / machine the pin holes.
Torque locking bolts to your trailer manufacturers’ recommended specifications. A spacer kit is available for some applications.
Lubricate: Oil the coupler shaft, grease coupling ball socket, and grease the hitch ball to REDUCE WEAR AND IMPROVE SHOCKER ACTION. Main pivot grease zerk should be greased periodically for maximum bushing life. ( Simply, you cannot over-grease it! )
Hook up the trailer by simply lowering the coupler onto the ball. (Handle will snap open & shut automatically). To release trailer: Pull handle up and hold while raising trailer.
We want you to have the best possible towing experience with your product and proper installation is important. If you need help, we are here for you. Just give us a call at 701-707-2666 or use our contact us form. You can also look up the item’s product page on our website and view the installation tab. Most products on our website have a set-up guide and installation video.
FAQ
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on the Gooseneck Surge
How do I know the Gooseneck surge with fit my gooseneck trailer? There are two things you need to know. What kind of stem your gooseneck trailer has and what kind of ball your pickup has. You can also find the hitch you need by using our Gooseneck Trailer MFG guide.
What is the Gooseneck surge tow rating? 30,000 lbs towing capacity with Shift Lock coupler for 2-5/16″ ball / 7,000 lbs tongue weight & 40,000 lbs towing capacity with 40K goose air with Shift Lock coupler for 3″ ball. With a 30k Shift Lock coupler its 30,000 lbs towing capacity & 7,000 lbs tongue weight.
How long will the airbag last? Our air spring bags are an industrial bag and will last for years and years. They are similar to truck airbags but have been beefed up internally for our towing applications.
Is there a way to lock the Gooseneck coupler? Yes, we do carry a gooseneck coupler lockspecially made for our surge hitch as well as a stem set bolt lock. You can check those out here: https://shockerhitch.com/product/sl-gooseneck-coupler-set-bolt-locks/
Can you really install the Gooseneck Surge in a couple of minutes? Yes check out the install video.
How much air do I put in the gooseneck surge air hitch? See air pressure video.
What do your mean when you say straight or angled / slotted pin holes? We are wondering if your gooseneck stem has holes that are straight across OR if it is slightly angled 10-30 degrees, where the stem hitch pin is off set or at an angle. Below is a picture of an angled stem, which we would use a stem with slotted holes to fit this angled pin. See our gooseneck stem selection guide.
Will it work with my flat bed pickup with recessed in a flatbed pocket? Yes, see install tab and fitment guide for recessed ball.
If I Order a gooseneck surge air hitch & coupler, what all comes in the box? Includes a complete replacement gooseneck stem, surge air hitch system & coupler along with clear-cut installation instructions.
How long will it hold air? This is a sealed air system that will hold air for weeks or months. If you haul the same trailer with the same load weight, it should be good for quite some time.
How strong is the center pivot bolt? The main pivot bolt with grease zerk, or center pivot bolt, used on the gooseneck hitch, is a custom made 1 inch diameter 1045 medium carbon steel bolt. Strategically heat treated to prevent wear and includes a machined grease passage for easy lubrication and maintenance. It should be noted that the yield strength of the 1.25″ pivot bolt exceeds the rating of the gooseneck hitch.
How often do I grease it? The grease does not just lube the pivot; it also keeps water and dirt out. You cannot over grease it, once every few months should do it.
How does the air ride work? The air shocker is like a teeter totter. One end is an air bag, a pivot in the middle, and a ball at the other end. This gives a “pillow” effect at the ball end.
How much does an Shocker gooseneck surge weigh? The Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch & Coupler weighs 95 to 100 lbs depending on the model.
This product is exactly what I needed to solve the problem I had with a new square nose Bloomer trailer. In conjunction with a short bed Dodge Mega cab there wasn’t enough swing clearance with the corners of the “bull nose” gooseneck platform. The nine inch setback this new hitch providers appears to have solved that problem! Also the hitch is a marvel of serious engineering and very high quality components! The only complaint/comment I have is the grease zerk is a bit hard to get to with a rigid grease fitting and I haven’t figured out how to adapt the square head of the jam bolt to a torque wrench to get the required 125 ft lbs of torque.
This product is exactly what I needed to solve the problem I had with a new square nose Bloomer trailer. In conjunction with a short bed Dodge Mega cab there wasn’t enough swing clearance with the corners of the “bull nose” gooseneck platform. The nine inch setback this new hitch providers appears to have solved that problem! Also the hitch is a marvel of serious engineering and very high quality components! The only complaint/comment I have is the grease zerk is a bit hard to get to with a rigid grease fitting and I haven’t figured out how to adapt the square head of the jam bolt to a torque wrench to get the required 125 ft lbs of torque.