Product Description
- Air Ride Towing Technology: Featuring a heavy-duty built-in air ride system, this hitch cushions your ride and absorbs road shocks. The air ride system is positioned beneath the receiver tube, allowing you to adjust air pressure for optimal ride quality and load control.
- Built-in Air Ride System: This system effectively absorbs bumps and jolts while towing with a pintle, creating a smooth ride and reducing trailer sway. Dual rubber bump cushions enhance performance even further.
- 14,000 lbs Tow Capacity: 14,000 lbs towing capacity and a 1,400 lbs tongue weight. Great for equipment trailers, skid steer trailers & more.
- 10-Ton Military-Style Hitch: The heavy-duty pintle hook is compatible with 6″ OD x 2.5″-3″ ID pintle rings, ensuring robust connections. (Don’t Go over Base Frame GTW)
- Adjustable 10-Ton Pintle: Choose 3″ to 7″ Drop or 2.5″ Rise to 6.5″ Drop.
- Adds Life To Your Vehicle: By reducing wear and tear on 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.
- 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 bags common to other air hitches.
- 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.
- Improves Safety: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer. The air bag receiver hitch system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing.
- Adjustable for Weight: Easily fine-tune for your towing needs—simply add air for heavier loads.
- Air Ride Pintle Hitch Kit includes complete Shocker Max Black air receiver hitch with built-in air ride system & dual bump cushions, adjustable pintle hook, and three d-handle ball mount attachment pins with clips.
- 20+ Ball Options: Huge selection of ball mount attachments available. Combo, Drop, Raised, Sway Bar Tab Options, Pintle, Pintle with Ball, Drawbar, Clevis Pin & More. Combo adjustable multi-ball mount has with 2″ hitch ball & 2 5/16″ hitch ball.
- Textured Matte Black Finish: The base frame features an impact-resistant premium powder-coat finish, providing durability and protection.
- 2-Hole Receiver Shank: Available with 2″ & 2-1/2″ receiver hitch tubes, it includes two hitch pin holes for length adjustability.
- 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.
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity limited by 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.
The Shocker Max Black Air Pintle Hook Receiver Hitch is the most durable air pintle hitch on the market. Crafted for longevity, its 14K base frame features an impact-resistant textured matte black finish designed to withstand years of use. Comes adjustable pintle hook hitch that can handle up to 10 tons (20,000 lbs) and incorporates a built-in air ride system for a remarkably smooth towing experience. With eight adjustment holes, that offers 3″ to 7″ Drop or 2.5″ Rise to 6.5″ Drop. Great for contractors and military pulling trailers with pintle rings. Reduces breakage, saves money, creates smoother towing and is easier on you and your equipment. Also works great for overlanding trailers for trailer towing on uneven terrain.
The Shocker functions as a compact air suspension unit between your truck and trailer, enhancing the towing experience for pickups, trailers, and their contents. It easily mounts into standard receiver tubes, making it ideal for heavy-duty hauling, farm equipment, and military-style towing. Included is a pintle hook that simplifies attachment to trailers with a pintle ring, compatible with 6″ OD x 2-1/2″ to 3″ ID pintle rings. This adjustable pintle hitch excels in farm and heavy-duty contractor applications, offering quick hookups and a smooth ride when pulling trailers with pintle rings such as equipment, tilt, dump and skid steer trailers.
Designed to minimize slop, the adjustable pintle’s construction and air ride system work together to enhance towing performance. It’s commonly used on military, farming, contractor trailers, and off-road overlanding applications, fitting pickups, vans, and select SUVs with under-bumper receiver tubes. Proudly manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND, it boasts a towing capacity of 14,000 lbs and a tongue weight of 1,400 lbs.
Note: Don’t go over the GTW of the base hitch as this hitch is rated at 14,000 lbs. Looking for more capacity, check out our HD air pintle hitches. The air ride system is positioned beneath the receiver tube, providing a compact 10-inch distance between the mounting pin and ball center. The adjustable air pressure allows you to optimize ride quality and load control, compatible with standard 2″ & 2-1/2″ receivers.
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