Video Transcript for Let’s Check Out the Shocker Hitch HD Air 2-Ball Mount w/ Sway Control Tabs

Hi, everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at this Shocker Hitch HD air hitch with sway control tabs, combo ball mount for your two-inch hitch receiver. This heavy duty shock absorbing hitch features an airbag and cushion bump stops here at the top to give you a smooth and comfortable ride while limiting chucking and jerking, to give you better control of your tow vehicle and trailer, and helping to extend the life of your truck and trailer by protecting them from unnecessary wear and tear. It's gonna help reduce noise and rattle that's common when towing with standard ball mounts. Now this is going to fit your two-inch hitch receiver, however, I do wanna point out that this will not fit a two and a half inch hitch receiver, even with a reducer sleeve, because trucks with a two and a half inch hitch typically have deeper frames and this is not going to fit SUVs or CUVs or sedans due to limited clearance. Now this does require a minimum of seven inches of clearance between the center of your hitch pin hole and the rear most part of your truck, and five inches of clearance below the bottom of your hitch receiver tube.

Your receiver opening should be flush with your bumper or protruding from the rear of the vehicle for the best fit. Now this is going to hook your trailer to your tow vehicle, with this included combination hitch ball with the sway bar tabs. I'm gonna give you a brief overhead look here just to show you this attachment from overhead. So, taking a look overhead, you can see our sway control tabs and these do have holes that are five eighths of an inch in diameter. Those are gonna accept your basic sway control arm bars and mini balls, of course those are sold separately.

The gross towing weight with the two and five sixteenth inch ball is 20,000 pounds. The tongue weight is 2,000 pounds. The gross towing weight with two-inch ball is 10,000 pounds, and the tongue weight is 1,000 pounds, but you do wanna remember that a towing setup is always limited by its lowest rated component, whether that be your vehicle, your hitch, another component, or even the accessory that you're using here. Now this does include two easy to remove pins. As you can see, these do have large rings, they're gonna be very easy to grip.

I can fit at least four of my fingers through each of those rings. And, so, no more fumbling with small hitch pin heads. We also have these large safety clips that's going to make securing the clips very easy. I'm gonna go ahead and remove the clips here real quick, and then I'm gonna go ahead and remove the pins and just show you how easy it is to adjust the height of this ball platform and even the ball itself. So I'm gonna take this from the two-inch ball, and I'm gonna flip it to the two and five sixteenths inch ball, lower it here just a little bit and replace the pins.

The pins slide in and out very easily and so you're not gonna be struggling at the back of your vehicle when you're trying to make some adjustments, whether it's the height, the drop adjustment that you're working with, or if you wanna switch balls. It's not going to be a struggle for you. So, just replacing my pins, you're gonna have a drop range with this from about half an inch to three and a half inches. The inside channel width is three and three quarters inches, and then the distance between the vertical adjustment holes on center is an inch. So, this is going to be compatible with any shocker hitch accessory. And our steel combo ball unit with the sway control tabs here, this has a really nice silver powder coat finish that's going to help resist rust and corrosion. Now the body of this shocker hitch is designed to pivot back and forth on the shank. It's kinda like a seesaw or teeter totter as the airbag which sits directly beneath your truck's receiver and the cushioned bumpers are gonna take turns absorbing the road shock, and you can get a better view there of those bumpers there. Now, when you hit a bump and your trailer bounces, this unit's going to pivot, so that the airbag can isolate and absorb the energy. When your trailer jerks forward or backward, the two cushion bumpers are gonna help soften the force. Now this airbag is easily adjustable, for heavier loads you'll just add more air, for lighter loads, you'll let some air out. To determine the correct amount of air to use, just hook your trailer up and then load it up the way that you are going to tow it, and then you are going to add air until these bumper stops begin to compress. And when they begin to compress, then you should have the right amount of air in the airbag for your load. And then, as you can see, it's going to be very easy to fill the airbag up with air or let air out with that valve there, and then there's a cap here that's included to prevent any accidental air loss. So, very easy to adjust the air on this airbag. On the other side, I did wanna point out we do have a Zerk fitting here for easy maintenance of that pivot point, making it very easy to lubricate. This is made here in the USA of grade 50 steel plate construction and a cold rolled steel shank to give you maximum durability. This has also been shot blasted and powder coated to prevent rust. So, again, this is gonna fit your two-inch trailer hitch receiver. The hitch pin hole diameter is five eighths of an inch. This does not include a pin and clip, so if you don't have a compatible pin and clip, you will have to pick that up separately. However, I do, since this is an investment, I do recommend checking out our locking pin option. So, on your screen, I am including our item number to the InfiniteRule locking pins. And you can just take that item number, put it in the search field of our website, that will take you to those locking pins. You can add that to your order and secure this to your vehicle so someone just can't come by, take that off and make it their own. So, a good protection of your investment. Now, just some other measurements to leave you with in case you're interested. The distance from the first hitch pin hole to the center of the ball, we're sitting at about 10 and a quarter inches. And then from the second hitch pin hole to the center of the ball, again, about add an inch to that, so about 11 and a quarter inches. And then the distance from the second hitch pin hole to the end of our shank, about two and three quarters inches. Well, I think that's gonna wrap up our look today. I do hope that our time together has been helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.