Product Description
- Smoother Towing Every Mile with Air Ride: The built-in air spring and dual urethane bump cushions absorb road shock, bouncing, bumps, bangs, tugs and jerks for a smoother ride in your tow vehicle and trailer. The air ride system also helps reduce trailer sway by absorbing changing tongue loads on uneven roads. Built for years of heavy-duty towing.
- Pintle & Ball Towing Ratings: Complete SH-334 attachment ratings: pintle mode, 16,000 lb GTW; 2" ball mode (SH-334-2), 12,000 lb GTW; 2-5/16" ball mode (SH-334-25), 16,000 lb GTW. Maximum attachment TW is 3,000 lb in each mode. Follow the selected hitch base rating; other attachment options have their own limits.
- 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.
- Saves Money & Reduces Damage on Truck, Trailer & Equipment: 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 wear & tear on the driveline & frame, along with reducing the chances of breaking welds & other long-term damage to your equipment, truck & trailer. Plus, by reducing the jerks, tugs, and sways, customers report fuel savings of 1 or more miles per gallon improvement.
- Choose Your Mount & Drop/Rise: Choose combo-ball, drop-ball, raised-ball, sway-control-tab, pintle, pintle-with-ball, drawbar, cushioned-drawbar or clevis attachments. Adjustment range depends on your selection, with up to 8.5″ of drop with the drop-ball mount. Choose No Ball Mount if you already have a compatible attachment or plan to purchase one separately. See the Drop/Rise Guide for attachment ranges and ratings, or explore ball mount attachments .
- Fine Tune for Weight, Best Ride & Load Control: Easily add or reduce air pressure with the integrated premium air line & valve loaded on the driver’s side of the frame. See our Watch Air Pressure Setup Video. Add or reduce air depending on the weight of your trailer & contents for ride comfort & load control.
- How It Works – Simple & Effective Pivoting Design: Filters the road shock through the air ride system & urethane cushions with the greaseable 1″ diameter 1045 carbon steel pivot bolt. Uses a rocker arm pivot design which produces a down & back motion. The mount that attaches to the Shocker Hitch rotates on the pivot bolt and into the air spring bag and dual bump cushions. This action filters and dampens the road shock and weight being transferred from bumps when towing a trailer.
- Why It Works and What It Does – Shock Absorption & Dampening Action: When towing with a normal hard connection, every dip, bridge joint, pothole, expansion joint, or rough road surface creates force and weight transfer between the tow vehicle and trailer. That is constantly shifting, and bouncing is really transferring more tongue weight to the receiver hitch and off of the front tow vehicle tires; then, when it comes back, it is transferring the weight off the receiver and onto the rear trailer tires. The rougher the road or pothole, the worse it is when towing with a hard, rigid connection between the tow vehicle and trailer. An air hitch acts like an absorption and dampening device to substantially reduce and minimize this.
- Easier on You, Passengers, Animals, Truck, Trailer & Cargo: This air receiver reduces stress and is more relaxing for you, your passengers, animals, tow vehicle, trailer, cargo, and equipment. Less stress makes for a more enjoyable experience.
- Complete Air Ride Tow Hitch Kit Includes: Shocker Max Black receiver hitch with built-in 14K air ride system & dual bump cushions, ball mount you choose, and three D-handle ball mount attachment pins with clips. 2 for the attachment and 1 for the receiver hitch.
- 5/16″ 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. Perfect for heavy-duty trailer towing with a bumper hitch. Thick HD carbon steel side plates & top plate, heavy-duty air spring & dual bump cushions.
- 2 Hole Receiver Shank: Available for 2″ & 2-1/2″ receiver hitch tubes & features two hitch pin holes for length adjustability.
- 14,000 lbs Tow Capacity: 14,000 lbs towing capacity and a 1,400 lbs tongue weight. Great for campers, car trailers, utility trailers, boat trailers, ice houses, equipment trailers & more.
- Textured Matte Black Finish: Max Black™ Textured Impact Resistant Matte Black Premium Powder-Coat Finish on hitch frame, shank, floating paddle, and components.
- 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, F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550 Super Duty, Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, Nissan Titan, Frontier, Honda Ridgeline & Hyundai Santa Cruz.
- NOTE: This product will not work with a weight-distribution hitch system. If you have a w-d hitch, check out our Shocker Air Ride Weight Distribution Hitches.
Air Receiver Hitch Setup & Towing Guides
Guides open in a new tab so you can keep your hitch selections.
- How Does A Shocker Air Receiver Hitch Work?
- How Much Drop Do I Need?
- Do I Need Sway Bars?
- What Hitch Size Does My Pickup Truck Have?
- Shocker Receiver Hitch Ground Clearance Guide
- Towing Capacity Explained
- How Do I Measure My Hitch Size?
- What’s the Benefit of an Air Hitch?
- How to Level Your Trailer for Better Towing
- My Truck Squats with Trailer, How Do I Fix It?
- Alternatives for a Weight Distribution Hitch
- Types of Trailers
- Why Grease Your Hitch Ball
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest-rated component. Never exceed the lowest applicable gross trailer weight (GTW) or tongue-weight (TW) rating of the vehicle, receiver, hitch base, attachment, ball, coupler or trailer. Evaluate GTW and TW separately. The proper ball must be installed before towing, including in pintle mode. SH-334 without a ball is a replacement part only.
Build your own Shocker 14K Max Air Receiver Hitch for smoother towing. Its premium, impact-resistant textured matte black finish complements the steel frame. The air ride system sits under the receiver tube, with 10-1/2 inches from the receiver hitch pin to the ball center. Designed for pickups, vans and select SUVs with the receiver tube underneath the bumper. The frame has 8 adjustment holes and is rated for 14,000 lbs GTW and 1,400 lbs tongue weight; always follow the lowest applicable component or vehicle rating.
Pintle & Ball Towing Ratings: Complete SH-334 attachment ratings: pintle mode, 16,000 lb GTW; 2" ball mode (SH-334-2), 12,000 lb GTW; 2-5/16" ball mode (SH-334-25), 16,000 lb GTW. Maximum attachment TW is 3,000 lb in each mode. Follow the selected hitch base rating; other attachment options have their own limits.
Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest-rated component. Never exceed the lowest applicable gross trailer weight (GTW) or tongue-weight (TW) rating of the vehicle, receiver, hitch base, attachment, ball, coupler or trailer. Evaluate GTW and TW separately. The proper ball must be installed before towing, including in pintle mode. SH-334 without a ball is a replacement part only.
Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND.
Pick your receiver hitch size and choose from over 20+ Shocker Hitch ball mount attachment options, including combo ball, drop mount, raised, clevis, drawbar, pintle hitch, pintle with a ball combo, along with mounts with sway bar mounting tab options.
How the Air Ride System Cushions Your Tow
The 14K Max hitch routes towing forces through its air spring and pivoting assembly, cushioning the connection between your tow vehicle and trailer. As tongue loads change over uneven pavement, the air spring absorbs movement while the dual urethane bump cushions provide additional cushioning on rough roads. Adjusting air pressure for your loaded trailer helps the system work properly as your towing load changes.
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So far so good after 3 fairly short trips.
This hitch has performed very well, it works perfectly . My truck is pretty stout so has the capacity to bumper pull my 25 foot Airstream Trailer without Weight Distribution. . My only complaint is it should be designed to extend a little further away from the receiver hitch so my tailgate would open better.
There are times if setup is not level the tailgate hits jack.
very heavy duty was not wanting to spend this much money but did not want buyer’s remorse and buying a cheaper one and then selling it for half price then having to get a good one very well built
Bought the Shocker 14K Max to replace my Shocker XR with WDH. I tow a 30′ Airstream Globetrotter (8800 GVWR) which really needs to be towed without weight distribution to prevent damage. My Silverado 2500HD has plenty of towing capacity and really doesn’t need WDH but has a bit more sag when towing than is desirable. Instead, I switched to the Shocker Max and Timbren SES to keep it level. Just returned from a 600+ mile trip and it towed fantastically. Smooth, level, non-jarring – all the things that make an Airstream happy when going down the highway.
I have towed trailers since the 60s and it was always Bump and Bang, it was just accepted as part of towing.
I recently got the Shocker hitch 14K air receiver and was it an eye opened. I towed a 9000lb trailer and did not have ANY Bump, Bangs, Jerks or Slams. I should have gotten this hitch years ago. If any of you doubt that it works, take my word it does, you will not regret getting one for yourself, it makes towing so much more enjoyable.
Worth every penny. Works just as advertised.
Bought the hitch as an alternative to my existing WD hitch. Easy set up and definitely soothes out the tow. I’ve now listed my WD hitch for sale and I’m using the Shocker as my full time hitch.
I forget my load is behind me. If your not towing with a shocker you ain’t towin
We bought our Shocker Hitch to pull a new 2025, 30 ft. Airstream. But, because we had a 3″ lift put on before we pulled with it, we were out of alignment front to back with the truck. We called Shocker hitch and they sent us two different rise options that would potentially solve our problem. One of them worked perfectly! So far, we are very happy with the way this hitch works. There is visably less vibration transfer between the truck and the trailer. We pulled a 27 ft, Airstream with a different hitch and it was frequently a very rough ride. The Shocker hitch has changed that for us and we could’t be happier. Customer service is outstanding!!! Thank you Shocker!
Unbelievable difference in haul quality. My motorcycles thank you.
Absolutely amazing. It changed our life. Took away all of our bouncing.
Last hitch I’ll ever buy! Heavy duty to say the least. smooths every little bump. I pull a lowboy Haulmark for my Harley and no more lean on the bike at every gas up. Highly recommend and made in America!
Great hitch for smoothing out bumps and bangs while being very robust. Couldn’t believe how much smoother the towing ride was not feeling every pavement seam heave, lip, or surface hole through our RV’s frame from our Featherlite car hauler. The rubber cushions eliminated what used to come through the hitch and the Air Ride eased the jars on our small SUV on the trailer. Our total load is about 6000lbs so we’ve got plenty of reserve capacity for safety as well.