Shocker Hitch Air Cushioned Trailer Coupler - 2-5/16" Ball - Flat Plate Mount - 20K

Video Transcript for Customer Review - Shocker Trailer Tongue Air Coupler

Hello, neighbors. It's Brad here at etrailer. And today we're at Ozark International Raceway. And I'm here with Olie who's racing in the spec Corvette class. And we saw his trailer here. He's actually got the Shocker hitch.

And we've seen these kind of come through etrailer. But to actually talk to someone that's used it long term, it's kind of nice to have. And he's actually come from California. So, let's hear what he has to say about it. Yeah.

Thank you. So, I had a trailer prior to this one. This is a 24 foot stacker trailer. Weighs about 20,000 pounds, three axles. The previous trailer that I had was a single car trailer, and a 20 foot box.

And I tended to overload the trailer when I started racing. I have a pickup truck, an F-450. But the real culprit that got me into this is the F-750 chassis RV that I have. And it's got like a 36,000 pound rear axle gross vehicle weight or something incredible like that. So it's just, it's rock hard.

It's unforgiving. Oh, and it's also about 14 feet from the axle to the hitch, right So, it's a long lever arm. And in California, in some places like going up I5 to Buttonwillow, it's about 180, 190 miles to get there. A full two thirds of it, the part of the highway is just wap, wap, wap, wap. And one day I'm driving along, just exiting in Los Angeles to where I'm thinking I'm home free to just be able to get to the track. And somebody's honking. They're pointing back in the trailer, and I look back. The trailer's still there, but I'm thinking, ah, it looks kinda low. And so I pull over, and the trailer had actually fractured. This is a V nose, but the other one was a square nose. It actually fractured at the 90 degree angle on both sides. And this side was only on by just the top portion of the fold. And the other side had a couple inches. So I was close to losing the trailer, right I noticed on my next trips, on the same route when I would get the Buttonwillow, sometimes the stuff in the front cabinets in my trailer was just all out on the floor. You know, it'd be wap, wap, wap, then hit the crappy potholes, and stuff would just start flying all over the place. And I'd have to put it, you know, pick it up off the floor and put it away. I put the Shocker hitch on and that all ended with that. So when I had this trailer built a couple years ago, I thought I'm gonna do the Shocker hitch. And as I shared with you guys earlier, on the first trip to Laguna Seca, about a seven hour drive, when we're leaving, I stop and get a Big Gulp drink, go inside the trailer. I drank, drank about a third of it. So two thirds was left. I set it down on the counter and forgot about it. And I drove about six and a half hours home. I couldn't believe it. When I got home, I walked in, and it was just still sitting there within probably a half an inch of where I had set it down, and it didn't spill. And the trailer just rides incredibly smooth and gentle. So, you know, for the people that are thinking about it, if you're tired of getting your destination and everything in all your kitchen cabinets and stuff is just all rattled and thrown all over the place, this, I think it has about three inches of travel, and it just takes that bite out of the, out of the tongue going feeding into the trailer from the truck or tow rig. And likewise, I think it helps, you know, the back end of the truck move a little more freely. That's it. Well as a race car driver, and me being an automotive enthusiast, suspension's always important. Oli It is. Why not add suspension to one more thing, and just gonna soften that blow. Yeah. And you put air in it. So when you load it up, you can see the little grommets squished up there. The, the trick is, is when it's loaded, that'll open up a little bit, but you wanna put enough air in that it just starts to squish the grommet. And that's how easy it is to set the air pressure. I just do it visually. Brad Well, thanks to Oli and everyone we met at Ozark International today. Be sure to check out etrailer for all your trailer suspension needs. I'm Brad. Thanks for watching..