Advantages of Air Ride Hitches

In today’s world, whether you are towing a small camper or a heavy duty flatbed gooseneck trailer all loaded up, the road you have to travel from the open highway to gravel roads, air ride system hitches offer less road shock and a smoother ride for both the pickup truck and the trailer.

Shocker Hitch uses air ride technology on our receiver hitches, 5th wheel hitches and gooseneck surge hitches for the same reason: a safer and smoother ride every mile. Driving and towing over train tracks, overpasses, busted-up concrete, uneven roads, dirt roads, construction zones, and much more creates rough conditions when trailer towing.

Hitches with built a built in air ride system are adjustable and can handle heavy loads compared to cushions, steel springs and torsion axles. You can quickly adjust your air pressure for heavier or light loads as you go fore best ride and load control.

Steel springs, torsion hitches, cushions and torsion axles are not adjustable. They have to be stiff to carry the load, otherwise, they would bottom out. Hitches with air spring bags. on the other hand carry very heavy loads and still stay soft, which is a big win.

Air ride hitches same way on a heavy or light trailer. More air for heavy trailers and less are for lighter trailers. Both result in a smoother operation on both the tow rig & trailer, as well as the contents of both.

When it comes to smooth towing and controlling road shock, jerky, pulls, pushes, and the like, air ride hitches are number one. Any air spring back is simply the best shock absorbing & cushioning device on the planet.

Safer Smoother Towing Every Mile

Improve ride and makes towing a trailer smoother. Improves your ride, easier on you, your equipment, plus reduces wear & tear on pickup & trailer. Built-in air ride system offers a smoother towing experience. Filters & absorbs the road shock, tugs, jerks, bumps, bangs & sways through the air ride suspension system and creates smooth ride. Directs the normal tow resistance between the tow vehicle and trailer through the air ride system, which produces a way smoother ride. Smoother makes it safer.

Reduces Stress, Breakage, Wear & Tear on Truck, Trailer, Cargo & Equipment

Air ride hitches & receives reduces wear & tear on the driveline and frame. Less stress means less wear & tear on both the tow vehicle and the trailer frame & welds. It’s a must have for newer trailers with aluminum frames that tend to crack because of rough roads and a traditional hard truck to trailer connection. An air ride hitch will greatly reduce the changes of frame cracking and breaking.

Provides Comfort & Improve Control Towing

The smoother towing you get makes it easier on you, your passengers, animals, cargo and trailer. The air ride design filters the natural tugs between trailer and pickup giving you more control and comfort towing a trailer. By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and trailer, it is safer. The air ride hitch system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing.

Easily Adjustable for Tow Weight

Air ride hitches and systems are built into the receiver hitch, gooseneck coupler, tongue mount or 5th wheel camper pin box. They use a greaseable hardened steel pivot bolt. The jerks, tugs and sways are filtered, absorbs and dampened by pushing them into the air spring bag. You can fine-tune and adjust the air pressure for best ride and load control. Heavier loads add air pressure and lighter loads reduce air pressure. A cushion, steel spring or torsion hitch is not adjustable for tow weight or tongue weight.

Reduces Stress on Passengers & Animals

Passengers, horses, livestock and other animals experience less stress while being towed. The shock dampening effectively absorbs the jerking, tugging, bumps & damaging forces experienced when towing on rough roads & concrete highway with a typical hard connection. This makes the ride smoother and less stressful inside the tow vehicle and inside the trailer..

Improved Fuel Economy

Customers using air hitches report improved gas mileages of 1 to 2 miles per gallon because the tow vehicles and trailer are working together better with less friction, reducing down shifting and improving overall performance.

Saves Money

Save money with less breakage and improved fuel mileage. Trailer coupler, a-frames along with all the welds on a steel or aluminum can be very expressive to fix. Plus if they break while towing a trailer, very dangerous. An air ride hitch or coupler can reduce the chances of breakage, which can save you a great deal of money.

Installs in Minutes

An air hitch for receiver, 5th wheel or gooseneck literately installs in minutes. You add air ride towing to your setup quickly. Air receiver hitch is about 2 minutes. The gooseneck air hitch & coupler is about 5 minutes and the quick air 5th wheel to gooseneck or 5th wheel air ride pin box is about 10 minutes to install.