Easy-to-adjust air bag lets you customize this ball mount to get the smoothest possible ride. Air bag and cushioned bumpers absorb road shock, reduce chucking, and help protect your truck and trailer from unnecessary wear and tear.
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Have you ever hit a bump while towing and had that road shock jostle and shake you all the way down to your bones? It's a common feeling. Most ball mounts are made almost completely of metal, so there's nothing to help soften the shock when you hit a bump. This results in a bumpy, jerky ride that not only takes a toll on you as you drive, but it beats up your equipment too, leading to premature wear and tear on both your truck and trailer.
Fortunately, the Shocker Hitch Air will change all that.
Using a built-in air bag and rubber cushions, the Shocker Hitch Air acts like a small suspension system between your truck and trailer. The air bag and bumpers help absorb road shock, creating a smoother, more comfortable ride while also protecting your truck and trailer from unnecessary wear and tear on the brakes, chassis, trailer frame, and suspensions.
The body of the Shocker Hitch Air is designed to pivot back and forth on the shank, kind of like a seesaw or teeter totter, as the air bag, which sits directly beneath your truck's receiver, and the cushioned bumpers take turns absorbing the road shock.
When you hit a bump and your trailer bounces, the unit pivots so that the air bag can isolate and absorb the energy. When your trailer jerks forward or backward, the 2 cushioned bumper stops help soften the force.
Using the easily accessible air valve on the side of the unit, you can adjust the air pressure in the Shocker Air's air bag to best accommodate your trailer's load. If you're hauling heavy-duty landscaping equipment, for example, you can add air to account for the increased capacity. Once the equipment is unloaded, simply release some air so that your underloaded trailer won't experience a stiff ride.
Finding the right pressure for your setup is simple. Once you've hooked up your trailer and the tongue weight is pushing down on the hitch ball, there will be a gap between the top of the adjustable channel and bumper.
Inflate the air bag until the bumper rests flush against the top of the hitch. Once the gap is gone, you'll know the air bag has the appropriate amount of air pressure for your load.
If you happen to get stuck in a situation where you're unable to inflate the bag, there's no need to worry; you can still tow your trailer. Without the inflated air bag, you won't get the full benefit of the Shocker Hitch Air, but you'll still get some built-in cushion with the bumper stops.
Adjusting the height of the hitch ball to accommodate for a different trailer takes almost no time at all. Just unclip the adjustment pins and grab the easy-to-grasp handles to remove them. Then slide the ball platform up or down to the desired position. Once you have the correct height, reinsert the pins and secure the clips, and fold back the handles so they're out of the way. Then you're ready to go.
| Make | Model |
|---|---|
| Chevy | Colorado, Silverado |
| Dodge | Ram |
| Ford | F150, F250, F350, F450, F550 |
| GMC | Canyon, Sierra |
| Honda | Ridgeline |
| Nissan | Frontier, Titan |
| Ram | 1500, 2500, 3500, 4500, 5500 |
| Toyota | Tacoma, Tundra |
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Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi everybody, Andy here with etrailer.com. And today, we're gonna take a look at this Shocker Hitch Air Receiver with adjustable ball mount for two-inch hitches. This features an airbag and cushioned bump stops that provide smooth and comfortable ride while limiting chucking and jerking, to give you a better control of your tow vehicle and trailer, helping to extend the life of your truck and trailer by protecting them from unnecessary wear and tear and reducing noise and rattle common when towing with standard ball mounts. So this is going to hook your trailer to your tow vehicle with the included adjustable ball mount and two-inch ball. Now included are two easy-to-remove pins and clips, and these pins have these large rings that are gonna be very easy to grasp. I can stick up to about four of my fingers through each of these rings, and then they can be folded to get out of your way as well.
So you're not gonna be fumbling with small hitch pin heads and these large safety clips are going to make removing the clips and replacing them very easy, very effortless. Let me go ahead and just give you a brief demonstration of how this can be adjusted. So I have this at the maximum rise position and that maximum rise is gonna be right at about two inches. And then, let me go ahead and remove our pins and just drop this down and let me see if we can put it all the way down to our maximum drop, line up our holes here, and our maximum drop is gonna be right about one inch. So those pins go in pretty easily.
And then, let me turn this around and replace our clips, and we are good to go. So very easy to adjust this. Again, our maximum rise is about two inches. The maximum drop is about one inch. The inside width of this channel is about 3 3/4 inches.
And then, the distance between the vertical adjustment holes can be one inch. Now you can mount any Shocker Hitch accessory including a pencil hook, a clevis pin, and draw bar attachments in the channel to hook up to even more trailers. Of course, those attachments are sold separately but you can find them under the related product section on this product page if you are interested in checking out those other attachments by Shocker Hitch. Now this air hitch works like a teeter totter with the airbag on one end and your trailer coupler on the other end. And your trailer exerts force downward, the unit pivots and the airbag absorbs the energy.
And when your trailer jerks backwards or pushes forward, these two cushioned bump stops are going to reduce the force for a smoother ride. Now, the airbag is easily adjustable. For heavier loads, you would just simply add more air. And for lighter loads, you would just let the air out. And we have a valve right here that's going to make adding or removing air very easy. To determine the correct amount of air to use, you would simply hook your trailer up and then load the trailer the way you are going to tow it. And then, you wanna add air until these bump stops begin to compress. And once they begin to compress, then you should have the right amount of air in your airbag for your load and you are ready to go. This has a Zerk fitting right here at the pivot point that's going to make maintenance very simple. And this is made in the USA of a Grade 50 steel plate construction and a cold-rolled steel shank to provide maximum durability. It is also shot-blasted and powdercoated to prevent rust, and the ball itself is zinc-plated. The gross towing weight is 12,000 pounds and the tongue weight is 1,200 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, or another component. Again, this is going to fit your two-inch trailer hitch receiver. The hitch pinhole diameter is 5/8 of an inch and a pin and clip is not included with this. So if you do not have a compatible pin and clip already, that would be a separate purchase. However, this is really an investment that you are making. So I would recommend considering the InfiniteRule locking pins for Shocker Hitch ball mounts. Those are gonna work with 2-inch and 2 1/2 inch hitches. You're gonna get three locking pins, two to lock your attachment to your Shocker Hitch and one to lock and secure your actual shocker air hitch to your vehicle. On your screen, I am including our item number to those locking pins. Just take that item number, put it in the search field of our website here at etrailer.com, and that'll take you to those locking pins. So you can secure this to your vehicle. The distance from the first hitch pin hole to the center of the ball is 10 1/4 inches. And from the second hitch pin hole to the center of the ball is 11 1/4 inches. Now this does require a minimum of seven inches of clearance between the center of the hitch pin hole and the rear most point of your truck and five inches of clearance below the bottom of your receiver tube. Your receiver opening should be flushed with the bumper or protruding from the rear of your vehicle for best fit. And finally, this will not fit SUVs, CUVs or sedans due to limited clearance. And this will not fit a 2 1/2-inch hitch even with a reducer sleeve because trucks with a 2 1/2-inch hitch have deeper frames. Well, that's gonna conclude our look today. I do hope that it was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me..
Great addition to my towing capabilities! This Shocker Hitch takes the jolt out of hauling heavy loads and quiets the ride of an empty trailer. The two-pin ball release is quick to swap out for other sizes that are needed for different trailers.
Excellent products, shipping, and customer support!
Quality product and service! It fits my truck like a glove and I can't wait to put it on my camper. I had a question and Jason was responsive answering my phone call getting the answer I needed. The hitch is solid and looks like it will last.
Very impressed with this unit. It arrived well packaged and prepared for easy installation. The instructions by video QR code was short and to the point. Literally 20 minutes after opening the package I was ready to hook up the trailer.
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