Product Description
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- Smoother Safer Towing Every Mile with the Sport Sway Control Air Ride Towing Hitch Kit: Air ride your towing. Our built air ride system with 2 top cushions cushions the ride & absorbs the road shock. Helps reduce sway, tugs, jerks, bouncing bumps & sways felt when towing. Offers a smoother ride. Cushions offer max performance for really rough roads. It absorbs the tow resistance between vehicle and trailer through the air ride system which naturally reduces trailer sway by filtering and dampening the changing tongue weight that occurs when towing on uneven or rough roads.
- Dual Sway Bars & Combo Ball with Sway Bar Mount Tabs: Get 1/2″ to 4-1/2″ of drop. Featuring either chrome or black 2″ and 2-5/16″ hitch balls with integrated sway bar tabs for mounting the included single friction sway control arm bar kit. The 1-1/4″ ball with the sway kit, bolts to the sway bar mounting tab to hook up the sway arm bar to the receiver hitch that is connected to the trailer a-frame.
- Great for Reducing Trailer Sway: Comes with one friction sway control arm kit. The Sport air hitch smooths out the ride, while the friction sway control arm helps prevent side-to-side trailer movement. The adjustable friction bar lets you fine-tune your sway control.
- Reduces Damage To Vehicle, Trailer & Cargo: With a typical hard hitch connection, you feel every road bump, trailer bounce & tug between your pickup and trailer, but not with an air receiver hitch. It reduces wear & tear on tow vehicle, trailer & cargo.
- Easier on You, Your Passengers & Animals with Improved Control & Comfort: Treat yourself, equipment, passengers & your animals to a much smoother ride with added comfort and control an air receiver offers.
- Fine Tune For What You’re Towing. Adjustable for Weight: Easily add or reduce air for the trailer weight, best ride and load control. Heavier trailers & loads add air & for lighter loads, just reduce with the handy air valve located under the Sport hitch. See the Shocker Sport Air Pressure Video.
- Provides Comfort & Improves Safety: By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer. The heavy-duty air ride receiver hitch system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing. Added comfort and control makes it safer. Smoother towing also makes it safer.
- Simple Pivoting Design Improves Performance: Our rocker arm pivot & dampening design has a down & back motion. Giving you enhanced control of your vehicle & trailer. Featuring an integrated greaseable 1045 heavy duty 1″ diameter pivot bolt.
- Sport Air Ride Sway Control Towing Kit Includes: Complete Shocker Sport™ air receiver hitch with built-in 8K air ride and dual bump cushions, combo ball mount with sway-tab mounts, 1 sway arm bar kit and three D-handle pins with clips. 2 for the mount and 1 for the receiver.
- A single sway control arm kit: comes with the sway control friction arm assembly, one 1-1/4″ trailer-mounted mini ball, one 1-1/4″ hitch-mounted ball with a lock washer and nut for your sway control ball mount tab, along with 4 metal lag screws and 2 retaining clips.
- 1/4″ Thick Side Plates with 8 Adjustment Holes: Plenty of adjustment for towing a variety of trailers. Adjustment for combo-ball mount is 1/2″ to 4-1/2″ drop. Perfect for bumper pull trailer towing. Featuring carbon steel side plates & top plate, air spring & dual bump cushions.
- 8,000 lbs Hitch Weight Rating Capacity: 8,000 lbs gross trailer weight and 800 lbs tongue weight.
- Perfect for Pickups, Vans & SUVs with Receiver Under Bumper: Ideal for pickup trucks, vans, and suv’s with the receiver under bumper.
- Safety Red Premium Textured Powder Coat Finish: Impact Resistant premium powder-coat finish. Matte black on receiver & components along with safety red on the sport hitch frame.
- 2 Hole Receiver Shank Offers Adjustability: Available for 2″ receiver hitch tubes & has 2 hitch pin holes for length adjustability and to accommodate hitch mount towing mud flaps.
- 20+ Ball Mount Options: Huge selection of ball mount attachments available from combo ball, drop, raised, drawbar, clevis, sway bar tab options, shackle, pintle hook, pintle & ball attachments, and more.
- Safety Notice: Towing capacity is limited by the lowest rated component. Sport Hitch is rated at 8,000 lbs GTW. Don’t exceed max weight capacity.
- 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.
Bumper Pull Trailer Towing FAQ
- How A Shocker Air Receiver Hitch Works
- How Much Drop Do I Need For My Hitch?
- Do I Need Sway Bars?
- What Receiver Hitch Size Does My Truck Have?
- What Is My Towing Capacity?
- Shocker Receiver Hitch Ground Clearance
- Shocker Hitch Common Applications
- How Do I Measure My Receiver Hitch Size?
- Advantage of an Air Ride Hitch
- How to Level Your Trailer
- My Truck Squats with Trailer
- Do I Need A Weight Distribution Hitch?
- Common Trailer Types
- Why Grease Your Hitch Ball
Get smoother towing every mile. If you are towing trailers under 8,000 lbs and having trailer sway problems, the solution is theShocker 8K Sport™ Air Hitch Sway Control Towing Kit. It features and 2″ & 2-5/16″ combo ball with integrated sway bar mounting tabs to attach the included single friction sway control arm bar kit giving you an effective, affordable, and highly adjustable solution. This setup pairs our Sport air ride receiver hitch and combo ball with a friction sway control system designed to keep your trailer steady, straight, & firmly aligned with your tow vehicle.
The Shocker Sport™ air receiver hitch is designed to absorb the bumps, jerks, bouncing and sways you typically feel with a rigid hitch connection. Its’ built-in air ride system and dual bump cushions filter out road shock from concrete, asphalt, and gravel, creating a smoother, more controlled towing experience while reducing wear on your truck, trailer, and cargo. You can easily fine-tune the feel by adjusting air pressure to match different trailer weights, ride comfort and load control.
When towing a trailer, you may experience trailer sway from wind, passing vehicles, and rough, uneven road surfaces. The included dual sway control arm bars are made to prevent the trailer from swaying. We offer a sway control arm bar system kit that connects from the Shocker sway control ball mount with built-in sway bar mount tabs on the hitch, to the each side of the trailer a-frame. This sway control system is used to stiffen the connection between the truck and trailer, keeping it straight and in line with the towing vehicle. This single-arm sway control setup is an excellent solution for campers, travel trailers, toy haulers, utility trailers along with car & boat trailers.
The air bag sits under the receiver tube, allowing a short distance of 10-1/2″ each between the mounting pin and the ball center. Hitch frame has a safety red powder coated finish. Available for 2″ receivers and fits pickup trucks, van’s, & suv’s with the receiver under the bumper. Featuring 8 adjustment holes for 1/2″ to 4-1/2″ drop along with 8,000 lbs GTW & 8,00 lbs tongue weight. Choose black or chrome trailer hitch balls. The Sport series Shocker Air Hitch® is proudly made in the USA by Shocker Hitch® in Jamestown, North Dakota, delivering durability, long-lasting performance, and a dramatically smoother towing experience every time you hit the road.
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