Product Description
- Smoother Safer Towing Every Mile with Air Ride Round Bar WD Hitch Kit: Quickly add air ride towing to your pickup & camper or trailer in minutes. Filters, dampens & absorbs road shock, tugs, jerks, bumps, bangs, and sways through the Shocker air ride suspension system, creating a smooth ride. Directs the normal towing resistance between the pickup & trailer through the air ride system, which produces a much smoother ride & naturally reduces trailer sway by filtering and absorbing the changing tongue weight that occurs when towing on concrete highways, uneven & rough roads.
- Easily Adjust Air Pressure for Trailer Tow Weight, Maximum Conform & Overall Load Control: The air ride equalizer allows for better control of your pickup & trailer. Fine-tune & adjust the air pressure for the best ride comfort and load control on every trip. For heavier loads, increase the air pressure; for lighter loads reduce it. A cushion, steel spring or torsion hitch is not adjustable for tow weight or tongue weight its either to soft or to hard.
- Reduces Stress, Breakage, Wear & Tear on Truck, Trailer, Cargo & Equipment: Our air ride equalizer for a WD hitch reduces wear & tear on the pickup truck, driveline, trailer and frame. The shock absorbing and dampening design of an air ride tow hitch creates less stress on truck & trailer. Less stress means less wear & tear. It’s a must have for for aluminum trailers that tend to crack over time from stress with traditional hard truck to trailer connection.
- Designed to Fits Pickup Trucks Only & Vehicles with Leaf Springs: This is designed for pulling with a pickup truck and vehicles with leaf springs. It will Not work with SUV/CUVs with coil-over springs in the rear. This is perfect for towing campers, heavy-duty equipment trailers, race trailers, and toy haulers.
- Easy to Install Round Bar Weight Distribution Hitch Levels Your Pickup Truck: Prevents truck from squatting & distributes the weight over the axles of your towing pickup & trailer for more stability & control. Round bar load bars use the trailer to lift the rear pickup suspension when your truck is squatting from the weight on the trailer.
- More Comfort & Less Stress on Passengers & Animals: Passengers & animals experience a more comfortable ride with less stress. This design effectively absorbs the jerks, chucking, bucking, bouncing & damaging forces experienced when towing. This makes the ride smoother and less stressful inside the pickup & trailer.
- Saves Money & Improves Fuel Mileage: By reducing wear, tear & breakage on both the trailer & cargo. The air equalizer absorbs the damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection. This lowers the chances of breaking welds & doing damage to your equipment & cargo. Customers report 1 to 2 miles per gallon because the pickup & trailer work together better with less friction, which reduces downshifting & improves performance.
- Adjustable for Rise or Drop with 12,000 lbs of GTW: Get 12,000 lbs gross trailer weight & 1,200 lbs tongue weight capacity. Plus 7 or 9″ of Adjustment (5″ of rise to 2″ drop or choose 5″ rise to 4″ drop). Fine tuned for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads.
- Available for 2″ & 2-1/2″ Receiver Hitches: Works great on GMC Sierra, Chevy Silverado, Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, Dodge Ram, Ford F150, F250, F350, F450, F550 Super Duty, Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, Nissan Titan, Frontier, and Honda Ridgeline pickup trucks.
- Complete Air Ride Equalizer Round Bar WD Hitch Kit includes: Air Ride Equalizer, Adjustable XR Channel Hitch with two handled hitch pins w/clips, Round Bar Weight Distribution Hitch with 2-5/16″ chrome hitch ball with all mounting hardware. Designed to fit 2-5/16″ trailer couplers, if you have a 2″ trailer coupler you will need to change the hitch ball. It is also compatible with supporting 2 friction sway arms, which are sold separately. (Shocker Sway Bar Kit)
- Premium Textured Matte Black Powder Coat Finish: Constructed out of heavy-duty steel that is finished with a premium textured black powder-coat finish on the air equalizer & the XR hitch.
- 20+ Mount Attachment Options: The XR channel hitch, when not used with this air equalizer, also works well with all our Shocker receiver hitch ball mount attachments, which include Combo Ball, Drop, Raised, Sway Bar Tab Options, Pintle, Pintle with Ball, Drawbar, Clevis Pin, Shackle & More.
- How To Set The Air Pressure? After you hook up WD bars, air the hitch until the truck side bump cushions are not compressed. If the trailer side bump cushions are compressed, you have too much air in the air ride system. See video
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest rated component. Manufactured by Shocker Hitch® USA in Jamestown, ND.
FAQ Bumper Pull Trailer Towing
- What Does an Air Ride Receiver Hitch Do?
- Alternatives to a Weight Distribution Hitch?
- Drop Hitch Calculator
- Preventing Trailer Sway
- What Hitch Size Does My Truck Have?
- Towing Capacity 101
- Shocker Hitch Uses
- How To Measure Receiver Hitch Size
- Air Ride Hitch Advantages
- How to Level A Trailer
- How To Fix My Truck Sagging with Trailer
- Types of Trailers
- Greasing Hitch Ball
Get smooth towing every mile. If your truck is squatting, you need to either upgrade the rear suspension or get an weight-distribution hitch. If you need a WD hitch, then it’s best to get an one with air ride. The built in Air Ride System on the Shocker Hitch Equalizer® gives you smoother towing while the round bar weight-distribution hitch levels your pickup and trailer to keep you going down the road safely and smoothly.
The Shocker Hitch Air Equalizer advantage is your ability to adjust air pressure up or down for different trailer and tongue weights. Plus you can dial in the air pressure up or down for the best ride comfort and best possible load control. Featuring a premium textured black powder-coat finish on the air equalizer and textured black powder-coat finish on the XR base frame ball mount & WD hitch. It absorbs the bumps, bangs, jerks and tugs making it easier on you, your passengers, animals, truck, trailer and cargo. Reduces damage, wear & tear by dampening and absorbing the jerks and toughs from concrete highways and rough roads you would normally experience with a hard coupler connection. Stops the jerks and enjoy the drive. This system is designed for pickup trucks only with leaf springs. 12,000 lbs GTW & 1,200 lbs TW.
The Air Equalizer is made in the USA by Shocker Hitch, Jamestown, ND. The WD hitch kit is made in China.
California Residents: Prop 65 Warning
This product worked flawlessly for my application on a 2023 F150 Raptor. We towed about 6200lbs 2200 miles from Colorado to California and back. This truck was not built for towing with the softer suspension but when setup properly with the shocker weight distribution hitch and airlift air bags the ride is super smooth towing a trailer. I wish I would have bought this hitch a long time ago. I appreciate a well made product. These days that is hard to come by.