Product Description
- Smoother, Safer Towing: Experience enhanced towing with air ride technology featuring a heavy-duty built-in air ride system that cushions your ride and absorbs road shocks. Positioned under the receiver tube, you can easily adjust the air pressure for optimal ride quality and load control.
- Built-In Air Ride System: This system effectively absorbs road shocks, bumps, bangs, jerks, and tugs during towing, providing a smooth ride while naturally reducing the tendency for trailer sway. Dual rubber bump cushions further enhance performance on the road.
- Drop Mount with Sway Mounting Tab Design: The drop ball mount includes welded sway control tabs for attaching basic friction sway control arm bars and mini balls, such as the Shocker Friction Bar Sway Control Kit (sold separately). It is recommended to use one kit for towing under 10,000 lbs and two kits for loads over that weight.
- 8 Adjustment Holes & Drop Ball Mount: This drop mount offers an adjustable range of 4-1/2″ to 8-1/2″ of drop and is compatible with either a 2″ or 2-5/16″ hitch ball.
- Textured Matte Black Finish: The base frame features an impact-resistant Max Black™ premium powder-coat finish, ensuring durability and a sleek look.
- 12,000 lbs Capacity: With a towing capacity of 12,000 lbs and a tongue weight rating of 1,200 lbs, this hitch is designed for heavy-duty use.
- Adjustable for Weight: Easily fine-tune your setup for towing by adding air for heavier loads, ensuring optimal performance.
- 2-Hole Receiver Shank: Available with 2″, 2-1/2″, and 3″ receiver hitch tubes, this hitch features two pin holes for convenient length adjustability.
- Choose Your Receiver Size: Available in standard sizes of 2″, 2-1/2″, and 3″ to suit your towing needs.
- Great for Pickups: Fits Great for Full Size Pickup Trucks & Vans, Midsize Pickups & Select SUVS (with a receiver under the 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 Hitch Kit Includes: Shocker Max Black Hitch with 12K air ride hitch, adjustable drop ball mount with 2″ or 2-5/16″ ball with sway bar mount tabs & three d-handle ball mount attachment pins with clips.
- Note: The drop hitch sway control tab mount is designed to work with the Shocker Friction Sway Bars or similar, which are not included and are available separately. Suggested to get 1 kit if towing under 10,000 lbs and 2 kits if towing over 10,000 lbs.
- 10+ Ball Mount Options (Sold Separately): Huge selection of ball mount adapters available from Pintle hooks, drawbar, clevis, combo ball mounts, raise ball mounts, and more.
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest-rated component. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND. 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 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.
- 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.
The Shocker 12K Max Black Air Drop Hitch features an adjustable drop ball mount with welded sway control bar mounting tabs, making it ideal for air ride trailer towing and enhancing sway control with friction sway control bars. If you have a taller-than-stock pickup and are experiencing trailer sway issues, this hitch is the perfect solution.
Constructed with an impact-resistant matte black powder-coated frame, this hitch ensures a durable and attractive look for years to come. Most importantly, the air hitch provides instant air ride towing for your pickup and trailer, effectively absorbing bumps, jerks, tugs, and road shocks while you tow. It boasts a heavy-duty towing capacity of 12,000 lbs and a tongue weight rating of 1,200 lbs.
The built-in air ride system cushions both the hitch and the towed trailer, significantly reducing road shocks. With dual bump cushions, it delivers additional performance on the road, while the pivoting design allows for a much smoother and safer towing experience compared to a solid ball mount.
The drop ball mount features sway bar tabs welded on both sides, accommodating basic friction sway control arm bars with mini hitch balls. This heavy-duty hitch acts as a mini air suspension unit, and the adjustable drop ball mount is available with either a 2″ or 2-5/16″ hitch ball, offering a drop range of 4-1/2″ to 8-1/2″.
The Shocker 12K Air is especially beneficial for taller pickups equipped with leveling or lift kits, or when towing campers with higher tongues. It mounts easily by sliding into a standard receiver tube, making this shock-absorbing hitch a must-have for smoother trailer towing. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND, it’s available for 2″, 2-1/2″, and 3″ receiver sizes.
The air ride system is positioned under the receiver tube, creating a compact 10-inch distance between the mounting pin and the ball center. One of the key advantages of the Air Shocker is the ability to adjust air pressure for optimal ride quality and load control, making it perfect for pickups that are taller than stock.
Note: The sway control tab mount is designed to work with the Shocker Friction Sway bar kit or similar friction sway control kit, which is not included and is available separately. Suggested to get 1 kit if towing under 10,000 lbs and 2 kits if towing over 10,000 lbs.
This works on pickups, vans, motorhomes, RVs, and SUVs that have the receiver tube below the bumper. If you have a CUV, check out our Shocker Cushion Ball Mounts
Air Ride Technology: Shocker Air is designed with a built-in air ride for a smoother towing experience. Featuring a built-in height adjustment plus weight adjustable. Just add air depending on the weight of your trailer and its contents.
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 between your trailer and your receiver hitch.
Provide 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 and bumps.
Simple Pivot Design: uses a rocker arm pivot design which produces a down and back motion, much different than other air hitches on the market. Our design eliminates the need for slides, parallel linkages, rollers, shock absorbers, or multiple air spring bags common to other air hitches.
Improves Safety: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer. The air receiver hitch system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing.
Saves Money & Adds Life to Vehicle & Trailer: 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.
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