Shocker Air Hitch & Raised Ball Mount w/ 2-5/16" Ball & Sway Bar Tabs
Rated for your tow
14,000 lbs GTW · 1,400 lbs TW · 2" receiver· 14,000 lbs GTW · 1,400 lbs TW · 2" receiver
$1,226.38
$1,293.58 save $67.20
or as low as $103/mo with flexible financing — 4, 6, or 12 months. Options at checkout.
Safety Red Powder Coat Finish
Powder coated with Shockers durable impact resistant textured safety red finish. Raise mount is matte black.
Great for Pickups to Motorhomes
Fits Great for Full-Size Pickup Trucks & Vans, Midsize Pickups & Select SUVS & Motorhomes with a receiver under the bumper.
8 Adjustment Holes
Raised mount offers 2" of rise to 2" of drop with welded sway tabs. Great for camper towing with sway issues.
Saves Fuel
By reducing the jerks, tugs and sways, customers report getting 1 or more miles per gallon improvement.
Stop destroying your trailer and cargo.
Every bump, pothole, and expansion joint sends a violent jolt through your trailer frame, damaging cargo and wearing out your truck. Shocker Air Ride Hitches absorb that punishment at the coupling, before it reaches your trailer.
On a solid drawbar, every frost heave, pothole, and hard stop shoots straight up into your truck, your trailer, and whatever you loaded. The Original Shocker Air Hitch drops a heavy-duty air spring between the two so those jolts get soaked up before they reach either one. It's the red-powder-coat 14K workhorse that started the air-ride hitch category. This one slides into a 2-inch receiver on F-150-class half-ton trucks (and class III/IV receivers), carries 14,000 lbs GTW on Shocker's standard 8-hole chassis, and comes set up with a 2-5/16" ball and welded sway-bar tabs. Built for stock-suspension full-size pickups hauling livestock, boats, travel trailers, and contractor cargo on smooth highway and washboard gravel alike.
Key Highlights
- Hauls up to 14,000 lbs GTW and 1,400 lbs on the tongue, the heaviest trailer most half-tons and three-quarter-tons will ever pull, on the original 8-hole chassis
- Drops into the 2-inch receiver already on F-150-class half-ton trucks (and class III/IV receivers)
- Add or release air to match any trailer, so every hookup rides level and settled
- One simple rocker-arm pivot does the work, with no slides, rollers, or parallel linkages to wear out
- 2" Rise to 2" Drop geometry lets you set the trailer level instead of nose-high or tail-dragging
- Iconic safety-red powder coat that shrugs off chips, salt, and stone strikes
- Swaps to any of 20+ Shocker ball-mount attachments in seconds, so one hitch covers every trailer in the yard
- Backed by our 60-day satisfaction guarantee
What's Included
- Original Shocker Air Hitch base frame (2-inch receiver shank)
- Built-in air spring and dual rubber bump cushions (pre-installed)
- Schrader air valve with cap
- (3) D-handle ball-mount attachment pins with clips
- Selected ball-mount attachment if applicable to this SKU
- Installation and air-pressure setup instructions
Not Included
- —Air compressor or pressure gauge (available separately)
- —Friction sway-bar kit (required only if towing sway-prone trailers; sold separately)
- —Add-on ball-mount attachments beyond the one shipped with this SKU
Installation
Watch the official install walkthrough for this hitch — the exact steps and tools, straight from the manufacturer.
How Shocker Air Ride Works
Built-In Air Spring
A heavy-duty air bag sits under the receiver tube and soaks up the jerking, tugging, and pounding before any of it reaches your truck or trailer. There's no hard steel connection passing the shock straight through.
Adjustable for Any Load
Heavy trailer today, empty tomorrow. Add air for the heavy load, bleed some off for the light one, and set the pressure so the hitch sits at proper ride height every time you hook up.
Rocker-Arm Pivot
Shocker's signature down-and-back motion rides on a single pivot, with no slides, rollers, parallel linkages, or stacked airbags. Fewer moving parts means a hitch that keeps working season after season.
Dual Bump Cushions
Two rubber backup cushions catch the extreme jolts the air bag can't fully absorb, so even the worst hits still have somewhere to go. It's a built-in safety margin under heavy loads.
Who Buys the Original 14K
Made for stock-suspension full-size trucks pulling mid-weight bumper-pull loads on real-world roads.
- Livestock and stock-trailer haulers pounding gravel and section roads
- Boat owners crossing rough launch ramps and slab-concrete highways
- Travel-trailer and toy-hauler owners who want a calmer cab
- Contractors pulling cargo, equipment, and enclosed work trailers
- RV motorhome owners with a 2-inch receiver under the bumper
- Anyone on an F-150-class half-ton truck (or class III/IV receiver) who wants the original red-finish workhorse
Two Ways to Handle Sway
The Original line comes with or without welded sway-control tabs, depending on the ball-mount attachment you pick:
Standard Ball Mount (No Sway Tabs)
Right for boats, livestock trailers, equipment haulers, and any load that doesn't call for friction sway bars. The pivoting air-ride motion already cuts down on sway tendency on its own.
Ball Mount With Welded Sway Tabs
Adds welded tabs so you can bolt on a friction sway-bar kit (sold separately). The pick for travel trailers and tall-profile campers that get pushed around by crosswinds and passing semis.
Flip It to Level Any Trailer
This Shocker Air Hitch & Raised Ball Mount w/ 2-5/16" Ball & Sway Bar Tabs ships in a 2" Rise to 2" Drop configuration. Most Shocker ball mounts are reversible, so you can flip the mount to turn drop into rise, or work the 8 adjustment holes to fine-tune coupler height. A low travel trailer behind a lifted truck or a tall camper behind a stock pickup, the geometry sets your trailer level either way.
Built to Last
Heavy-wall steel under Shocker's signature impact-resistant safety-red powder coat, in stock and shipping direct from Canada with no border wait. The air bag is the same multi-ply rubber found in commercial truck air suspensions, and if it ever wears out you can swap it in the field in minutes. Backed by Shocker Hitch's 60-day satisfaction guarantee.
$1,226.38
Still researching?
Skip the product wall — these are the four guides every buyer actually opens before they decide.
Installation Guide
Step-by-step videos for every Shocker family. What's in the box, what tools you need, and how long it takes.
Watch the installAir Pressure Setup
How to dial in air pressure by trailer weight so the ride is right the first time and the hitch lasts longer.
See psi by loadTowing Capacity Guide
Match GTW, tongue weight, and receiver size to your truck class so you don't over- or under-buy.
Read the guideConfigure Your Hitch
60-second fit quiz — answer a few questions about your truck and trailer, get a tailored recommendation.
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