Smoother Safer Towing: Improves your ride, reduces wear & tear on pickup & Great Northern Trailer Works gooseneck trailer. The cure for choppy, bouncy, buckled, rough & busted-up roads. No more booms, bangs and jerks when towing with your gooseneck.
Smoother Safer Towing: Improves your ride, reduces wear & tear on pickup & trailer made by Great Northern Trailer Works Gooseneck Trailers. The cure for choppy, bouncy, buckled, rough & busted up roads. No more booms, bangs, and jerks when towing with your gooseneck.
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.
Adjustable for Tow Weight: The air bag sits behind your gooseneck hitch and out of the way. You will find the advantage of the Gooseneck Air Shocker is your ability to adjust air pressure for the best ride and load control. View our Shocker PSI Air Pressure tuning guide. Heavy loads, just add air.
Shock Dampening & Absorbing Action: Effectively absorbs the jerking, tugging, bumps and damaging forces experienced when towing on rough roads & concrete highways with a typical hard connection.
Fits 100mm (3-15/16″) Round Stem: With angled/slotted holes for the pin on Great Northern Trailer Works Gooseneck Trailers. Not sure what size round gooseneck stem you have? Check out our gooseneck stem selection guide.
30,000 lbs GTW: Patented 30,000 lbs dual latching Shift Lock™ coupler for 2-5/16″ gooseneck ball. Red Goose Air offers 7,000 lbs Tongue Weight & 9″ Offset has 6,000 lbs TW.
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).
Patented 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. Patent #’s 11,370,257 B1 & D898,628.
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.
Adds Life To Your Vehicle & Gooseneck: By reducing wear and tear on the driveline and frame! Treat yourself, your equipment, and your passengers 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 hitches. Order one today and get ready for your ultimate smooth towing experience the next time out.
Saves Fuel: Customers using the gooseneck air hitch report saving one mile or more per gallon.
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 trailer towing for your Great Northern Trailer Works gooseneck trailer. Works perfectly with Great Northern gooseneck flatdeck, tilt, dump, and dove flatbed trailers. The air ride Shocker Gooseneck Surge® air hitch & coupler for 2-5/16″ gooseneck hitch ball is the ultimate hitch for smooth gooseneck trailer towing to cushion your towing. This patented shock-absorbing cushion hitch is the only air ride hitch to exclusively work in a forward and back motion, which is often times this is the biggest jerk you feel when towing a gooseneck trailer. The built in airbag filters the road shock through the airbag creating a smoother, safer towing experience for you, your pickup, your trailer & the contents. Featuring the patented exclusive 30,000 lbs Shift Lock™ gooseneck air coupler for 2-5/16″ hitch balls. Upgrade your Great Northern gooseneck trailer with a smooth towing solution.Whether you occasionally tow or are doing hotshot trucking, this gooseneck hitch adds instant air ride to your hauling. This is the preferred gooseneck hitch for hotshot haulers. And considered one of the best hot shot trucking accessories. Available for Gooseneck trailers with either round tube, square and crank handle style stems. The shock-absorbing hitch for a gooseneck trailer is made for smooth and safe towing. Works great on gooseneck style end dumps, flatbed, race haulers, livestock, toy haulers, tilt, horse trailers and more. Completely replaces your factory gooseneck stem & coupler with the Gooseneck Surge Air system & coupler. Installs in minutes. Featuring 3 height adjustment holes & extends your hitch 3″ forward. Made by Shocker Hitch® USA in Arthur, ND. If you have a short bed pickup, check out the 9″ offset air gooseneck coupler.
Shocker Gooseneck Surge Air Hitch & Coupler Videos
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.
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