Keep your horses safe and comfortable in their trailer while you tow with this shock-absorbing gooseneck coupler. Offset design gives 2-1/2" of clearance between your cab and trailer. Use with standard 4" diameter square tube. 25K GTW.
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Whether you're hauling construction equipment or you're carrying your ATVs to the mud park, towing heavy-duty loads can be an intense job. You definitely don't want to have to deal with sharp, jolting movement every time your trailer hits a bump. Driving over bumps, potholes, and uneven terrain causes road shock. This can result in a rough ride for you and your cargo. It can even potentially damage your trailer. The Spartan from Gen-Y Hitch is designed to absorb road shock at the connection point to create a safe, smooth, and stable ride. This is thanks to the internal construction of the coupler, which is similar to that of a torsion axle.
Pivot points are built into this gooseneck coupler. This allows for movement between the base of the coupler, which connects to the ball in your truck bed, and the top tube of the coupler, which connects to your trailer. When your vehicle hits a bump, the base of the coupler will move up or down accordingly.
Built into the Spartan are tubes with inner bars that are surrounded by rubber cords. As the coupler's base rises or falls, these inner bars twist inside of the tubes, attempting to follow the base's motion. But the rubber cords prevent the bars from twisting too far. And as each bar turns, these cords compress to absorb the shock. This means that any shock experienced by your truck can be absorbed before it reaches your trailer, and the shock experienced by your trailer won't get transferred to your truck.
This type of shock-absorption system is easy to maintain. Just regularly apply grease to the built-in zerk to keep the components in working condition. No airbags to fill. No small parts to repair or replace. No hassle.
This Gen-Y gooseneck coupler has an offset design. The bottom of the coupler, where it attaches to the ball, is positioned 2-1/2" away from the coupler tube, which inserts into the outer tube on your trailer. This provides 2-1/2" of extra clearance, giving you more space between your truck cab and trailer when making tight turns.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Gen-Y Spartan four inch square shock absorbing gooseneck coupler with a 2 1/2 inch offset. Has a 4,500 pound tongue weight capacity. Now this coupler will give you a nice smooth ride when you're towing your heavy duty equipment trailer or even your toy hauler with the shock absorbing gooseneck coupler. The sturdy inner tube right here is what'll slide into your existing outer tube, creates a gooseneck coupler for hooking your trailer up to your truck. You also notice it includes the 3/4 inch diameter pinning clip for securing it to that outer tube.
Now the offset design we mentioned on this coupler will give you an extra 2 1/2 inches of extra clearance between your truck cab and your trailer to help when making tight turns. That extra clearance is measured from the center of these adjustment holes to the center of the ball hole, so that extra 2 1/2 inches will give you extra clearance. Now the coupler socket right down here, this will secure to the hitch ball with this self latching snap latch design that automatically engages when the hitch ball is in the socket. So when you put your gooseneck trailer over your ball, drop it down over the ball, it'll go over the ball, it'll snap the latch back and then forward, automatically locks it into place. You're all ready to go.
And then what's nice is they include this snap latch pull rod to allow you to easily uncouple from outside your truck bed. So with this, you just reach from outside the bed in there, hook that latch, pull it all the way back, and that'll uncouple it. And then you can remove from the gooseneck ball. Now this is a shock absorbing design. It is designed to absorb road shock at your connection point, creates a nice, safe, smooth, and stable ride.
The multiple pivot points right here of the coupler allow for movement between the base of the coupler and the top tube of the coupler. And the internal construction of the coupler will function like a torsion axle to limit transfer of road shock from truck to trailer and vice versa. And just to give you an idea, if you're not familiar with what a torsion axle sort of looks like, here's a cutaway of usually what's inside. Get this over here to show you. But right here you can see this is gonna be similar to right here in these pivot points, built into the coupler of these tubes with these inner bars that are surrounded by rubber cords.
So basically, as the coupler's base rises or falls, these inner bars right here are gonna twist inside of the tubes, attempting to follow the base's motion. But those rubber cords are gonna prevent those bars from twisting too far. So basically as each bar turns, these cords compress to absorb the shock. So that means that any shock that's experienced by your truck can be absorbed before it reaches your trailer and vice versa, the shock that's experienced by your trailer won't get transferred to your truck. Also, what's nice about this coupler, there are no airbags to maintain and has fewer moving parts to repair or replace than some of your other shock absorbing solutions that are out there. This is a heavy duty steel construction, has the Gen-Y popular silver vein powder coat finish on it to resist wear and corrosion. And this part is mainly USA, again with the ball size it fits is your standard gooseneck ball size of 2 5/16 inches, gross towing weight capacity 25,000 pounds, vertical load limit or maximum tongue weight of 4,500 pounds. And we mentioned that offset from here to the ball, center of the ball is 2 1/2 inches. And the tube again is four inches by four inches. But that's gonna do it for a look at the Gen-Y Spartan four inch square shock absorbing gooseneck coupler with the 2 1/2 inch offset.
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (18 Customer Reviews)
Keep your horses safe and comfortable in their trailer while you tow with this shock-absorbing gooseneck coupler. Offset design gives 2-1/2" of clearance between your cab and trailer. Use with standard 4" diameter square tube. 25K GTW.E trailer customer service stayed in contact with me through the entire process.
It took a few weeks to be delivered but I was in no hurry so plan accordingly.
The Spartan hitch was as advertised.
The only negative feed back I have is that the neck pin didn’t have a shoulder so it would go all the way through the holes. I use my existing through bolt anyway so I didn’t need it. Again plan accordingly. Not to be confused with the ball hitch pin. I’m strictly speaking of the slide neck adjustment pin.
Overall very pleased with etrailer and gen y.
This seems to be an excellent upgrade to the coupler on my Belmont trailer. Less than 100 miles on it so far but the trailer seems to jerk the truck around less on these fine Pennsylvania roads. It is helpful to have an extra pair of hands when installing. The powder coating made the tube on the coupler a little thicker than the original. I used a wire brush and some spray lithium grease on the inside of the trailer tube and was able to install the new coupler just by working it back and forth with minimal powder coating coming off. My trailer is registered at 9,999 lbs which is why I went with the 3.5k TW option. Haven’t had an opportunity to put a machine on the trailer yet to see if that was wise or not but a load of 18 - 6”x6”x12’ pressure treated beams barely moved the indicator. After my first trip I opted to change it to using the hole closest to the coupler as the trailer had a little too much angle back towards the last axle. Even in the bottom hole I still have 9” of clearance between the top of my tailgate on my Ram 2500 and the trailer.
I don't see how I lived without this. We often experienced a "bucking" when crossing bridges or even on certain roads with expansion joints. We were getting bounced around so much I can't imagine how our horses survived. This product has removed that completely. It also provides a slight offset if you have a shortbed. I have an 8' bed, but welcome the extra space between my tailgate and the trailer. Well worth the money! I will never tow a gooseneck trailer again without this.
The difference is substantial! I won’t say you can’t tell the trailer is back there but the ride comfort is outstanding!!!!
With my trailer which is only a 6 k trailer I bought the 7.5k hitch yet empty it is maxed out wish there was a way to adjust
Great hitch ... love the adjustability of the hitch to match height of different trailers i pull since i hot shot and do power onlys also
Holes in hitch don’t line up with the hole in tube on my 2018 MAXXD Trailer. With holes lined up the hitch is offset towards passenger side of truck. Was really looking forward to working this hitch. Very disappointed
I have a 2020 Silverado Custom Trail Boss 1500 and I pull a Shadow 2 horse slant gooseneck with 9' LQ and a bump out. The Trail Boss has a 5'9" box so the gooseneck is rather close the the cab. I bought the Gen-Y Spartan shock absorbing gooseneck coupler with 5" offset and it makes a huge difference pulling down the road. We have hauled the horses from MN to ND, MT, WY, CO, KS, NE, IA and back and have nothing but great things to say about the Gen-Y coupler. It is a must!
Definitely rides better when the trailer is loaded. Only issue I have is that it increases the hitch height (my truck is lifted), but that's just the nature of the beast. Hopefully it hold's up to the Arizona sun.
Quick Service! Only one problem the GEN Y doesn’t match up on my Liberty Trailers gooseneck retaining pin holes not basically they are an inch off forcing my trailer to be off had to bring it to a machine shop for proper alignment.
the product works great just be sure to order the correct weight rating for the loads you intend to haul. if you only haul 10,000 lbs. get the hitch for that rating. even though you can haul 15,000 lbs. you won't get the benefit of the flex if your hitch has a gross tongue weight that is too heavy. other than that, it's a great product.
just as i expected. fits great and easy to install.
the young man in the video must be very strong, cause it took some umph to get the tube inserted and pin put in by myself. but hey, this fat old man got'er done!!
Some of the best Service i have been given while ordering something on the phone in years . Even when she did not know the answer her willingness to find out was great . Thanks again
works great
Fast and exactly what I needed. Thanks Carol
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