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You know that feeling when your gooseneck trailer bounces and your truck feels it? That vertical shock hits hard. This 4-1/2" round coupler uses an air bag to smooth it out and has a 9" offset for more clearance between cab and trailer.
The core of this Shocker Hitch coupler is the air bag. It changes the way your trailer moves. It takes the edge off when you hit the throttle, stop suddenly, or run into rough patches in the road. Instead of that shock and bounce transferring straight to the truck, it gets absorbed right at the hitch. Your trailer stays steady, and your truck doesn't feel like it's getting beat up every time the road gets rough.
The Shift Lock coupler uses a dual-jaw design to grab both sides of the 2-5/16" ball, creating a firm, centered connection that holds steady under tension. Many latches only grab your ball from one side, which can leave room for slop. This one clamps evenly and helps cut the jolt when you take off or stop. The locking handle sits up top, so you can see when it's latched. And if you're leaving your trailer hooked up somewhere, the InfiniteRule lock (IR66FR - sold separately) keeps the latch from being opened so no one can pull up and take it.
Every load's different. One day it's stack of treated lumber for a deck rebuild, the next it's a compact tractor with a brush cutter. That's why there's a valve built in for the air bag. Just add air for heavier hauls and let some out when the trailer's running light. It keeps the truck and trailer in sync so the ride stays smooth, no matter what you're hauling.
If you've got a short bed truck or a gooseneck trailer that cuts in too tight, you know how close things can get in a turn. The 9" offset on this coupler moves the hitch point forward to give your trailer more breathing room up front, helping you clear the cab when backing up or cornering sharp.
Towing capacity is limited by the lowest rated component in your setup.
If you have a recessed gooseneck ball, there must be at least a 12" x 12" opening in your bed for this coupler to work. In addition, the top of the hitch ball cannot be more than 2" from the top of the bed.
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everyone, Steven here with etrailer.com. Today we're looking at our Shocker Hitch. It's an air cushion gooseneck coupler with a round inch inner tube and a 9" offset. Folks, it is rated 30,000 pounds gross trailer weight and 6,000 pounds on that tongue weight. Now again, that features a 4' or a hundred millimeter round stand. It's technically 3/16," that way it can slide up inside of that outer tube.
Obviously, you're gonna have to have that outer tube already installed on your gooseneck trailer. More likely than not, you probably already have that. If you don't, we sell those here as well separately. Now starting off, you've got three different holes down here on this main pin, and that can go in with the pin and clip and you could, you know, pivot that depending on what lines up for your specific tube as there's different manufacturers and makes out there on that. This makes sure that it'll fit all of that.
As you can see, it's got a nice big airbag here, so that's gonna give you that air cushion support for another smooth or a smoother towing experience. Air ride, in my opinion, is just simply the best cushion apparatus out there on the market. Now this guy looks a little funky being that the airbags mount it upward like this. Shocker also makes some where the airbag is down underneath this way as well. But for this particular application, this is what's needed.
Up here at the front you have a dual locking pin and they've actually got this patented as far as this design. So as you can see, whenever I'm opening and closing these two jaws here, if you will, will go in and lock that gooseneck ball in place. And then, of course, you have the pin and clip here to keep that in place as well, whenever it's locked or unlocked accordingly and then the spring would just, you know, snap back over and hold that in place. And you can see on one of these there is a little hole through it, that's what this other clip is here for. I just got a clipped on here for now, but that would come around and pin through that hole, just for an extra bit of safety.
You've got grease inserts in here for giving you your maintenance and everything. You got the schrader valve up here for adding the air. As far as how much you're gonna have to add, that's gonna be up to your weight, your personal load out on the trailer and that kind of stuff. So you're gonna have to check that when you're installing it yourself and just kind of take it easy based on the chart that comes with the instructions. It'll give you a pretty good starting PSI if you will, based on the weights and everything and that's included in the instructions as far as that information. You've got three adjustment holes here to do up or down height. And as you can see, they're oblong or elongated so that gives you, again, that power for when you're twisting this to guarantee that's gonna line up in there as well. So now you can kind of see them a little better if I step outta the way. So again, simple pivot design. It uses the rocker arm and pivot design, that's gonna produce a front and back motion, much different than other cushion hitches that are on the market. It's gonna eliminate the need for parallel linkages, shock absorbers, extra torsion arms, and all those kind of over-engineered things that other brands and you know, companies use and make out there. So again, in my opinion, as of right now as today, the shocker hitch gooseneck would be the best option for you as far as a smooth ride. Quick and easy installation, as I showed you, this whole assembly just kind of slides right up inside your outer tube on the gooseneck trailer, and then you instantly are gonna feel a difference as far as the cushioning, less bangs, bombs, chucking, jerking, tugs, those kind of things. So again, speaking of the tugs and stuff, as you know, if you are using this on a horse trailer, the horses are gonna have a much smoother ride as well. Now they're not gonna get that initial jerking and everything. It's gonna make them stay a lot less stressed out and stuff during that trip as well. Well, folks, again, I'm Steven. Thanks so much for your time today with this video. I hope the information I provided has helped you with your questions and concerns. If it doesn't, please feel free to reach out to us via chat, email or phone and we'll be more than happy to assist you and answer any questions, have a good one.
Awesome
Eliminates the jerking on rough and uneven roads.
Etrailer is the best
Great products and customer service!
Great product, you can really notice the difference when traveling down the rough roads.
Just received the Shocker hitch and have not installed it yet. The hitch was received in good shape, however the cardboard box it was in was beat up pretty bad due to the weight of this hitch. Supplier needs stronger/better packaging for thes heavy parts.
Works great, but after a couple of hours the air leaks out, I only put 35psi in it , I might go with something mechanical
We put this on a flat bed trailer 40ft it bucked realy bad when empty on dirt roads. This has helped with the pressure a lot well worth the money.
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