Shocker Air Equalizer for WD Hitch Kit (Air Equalizer, XR Drop Hitch, Chrome Combo Ball & 2 Hitch Pins)

You can set up a weight-distribution hitch perfectly and still feel the trailer chucking at you over concrete seams and hard stops. WD spring bars level the load, but they pass every jolt straight through to the cab and back into the trailer. This kit fixes the part the spring bars can't.

The Air Equalizer airbag bolts to your existing or new WD hitch head and cushions that road shock, so the ride settles down for the truck, the trailer, and everything packed inside.

It pairs with the Shocker XR Extended Range receiver base and carries 12,000 lbs GTW with 1,200 lbs of tongue weight, real breathing room when a travel trailer rides heavy up front behind a half-ton or 3/4-ton pickup. It fits most major WD brands. Pickup trucks only, not for SUVs or CUVs with coil-over rear springs.

Air Equalizer Airbag: The retrofit airbag that bolts onto the head of your weight-distribution hitch, existing or new. It soaks up the chucking and road shock that WD spring bars pass straight through.

Shocker XR Extended Range Hitch: The receiver-side base that ties the Air Equalizer to your truck's receiver. 8 adjustment holes give you 7-8 inches of rise and drop to sit the trailer level, and it ships with the receiver shank size you select.

WD Hitch NOT Included: Bring your own weight-distribution hitch head, or buy one separately. The Air Equalizer is the airbag. The WD hitch is the spring-bar-and-head system that mounts on top of it.

Two Hitch Pins With Clips: Both D-handle pins ship in the kit, one for the receiver shank and one for the WD-equalizer interface, so nothing's missing on install day.

The Air Equalizer head bolts to any weight-distribution hitch head with a 2-1/2-inch center-on-center or 3-3/4-inch center-on-center bolt pattern, which covers most of what's out there. Verified compatible:

Fastway E2 (round bar and trunnion)

Equal-i-zer (the brand)

Reese (round bar and trunnion)

Husky and Pro Series

Torklift and Blue Ox round-bar systems

Camco Eaz Lift

Curt round-bar and Curt TruTrack/trunnion

Shocker XR-compatible WD hitches

NOT compatible with Andersen chain-style or B&W Continuum WD systems

The weight-distribution family solves a different problem than the bumper-pull air hitches. Here's how to tell which one you need:

Air Equalizer for WD (this product): For travel trailers that need weight distribution to level a squatting truck. It pairs an airbag with a WD spring-bar system, the right call when tongue weight is dragging the back end down.

XR Extended Range Hitch (standalone): The Shocker XR receiver-side air hitch sold without the Air Equalizer. Reach for it when you don't need weight distribution and just want air ride on the receiver.

Original Shocker Air Hitch (steel): The standard 14K bumper-pull air hitch with no weight-distribution setup. Good for lighter trailers at a lower price.

Light Duty 12K Tongue Mount: Air ride that mounts on the trailer A-frame instead of the truck. Handy when you swap the trailer between multiple trucks. It doesn't work with WD.

The Air Equalizer is built for pickup trucks running leaf-spring or hybrid rear suspensions (F-150, F-250, F-350, Silverado, Sierra, Ram 1500/2500/3500, Tundra, Titan, Colorado, Canyon, Tacoma, Frontier, Ridgeline). It will NOT work on SUVs, CUVs, or vans with coil-over rear springs.

Those rear ends load a WD system differently, and this geometry is engineered around how a pickup's leaf springs behave. If you tow with an SUV or CUV, look at the Shocker Cushion Ball Mount line instead.

The Air Equalizer works with your WD spring bars, not around them. The airbag cushions, the spring bars distribute. Hook up the trailer and engage your WD bars first. Then add air until the truck-side bump cushions are NOT compressed. If the trailer-side bump cushions start to compress, you've got too much air in it.

Back it off until both sets of cushions sit free. Together the 4 bump cushions and the air bag soak up the chucking, tugs, and jerks that WD bars alone send right into the cab. Owners report a much smoother ride on concrete highways and rough sealed roads.

Add bolt on air ride towing to your pickup & camper with a equalizer, weight-distribution hitch in minutes. (easily bolt your existing weight-distribution head to air equalizer).

Air equalizer absorbs the road shock & cushion the ride when towing a camper with a weight-distribution hitch

This is designed for pulling with a Pickup Truck - it will not work with SUV/CUV's with coil over springs in the rear.

Built in air ride system + 4 bump cushions direct the road shock through the airbag. Air Equalizer is designed with a built-in air ride system for a smoother towing experience. Featuring a built in height adjustment plus weight adjustable. Just add or ride air depending on the weight of your trailer and it's contents.

Fits & bolts to most major brands of weight-distribution hitch heads: Fastway E2, Equalizer, Reese, Husky, Pro Series, Torklift, Blue OX, Camco Eaz Lift & Curt round bar, Curt trutrack & trunnion head).

Measure your head, the air equalizer fits heads that have 2-1/2" center to center or 3-3/4" center to center bolt hole patterns. (Does not work with Anderson chain style weight-distribution hitch)

12,000 lbs towing & 1,200 lbs tongue weight capacity plus 7 or 9" of Adjustment (5" of rise to 2" drop or choose 5" rise to 4" drop). Fine tune for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads.

Uses a rocker arm pivot design which produces a front and back motion, much different than other cushion hitches on the market.

No more jarring every time you cross a section divider on a rough road or concrete highway. Absorbs the thumps and bumps.

Shocker air equalizer hitch effectively absorbs the jerking, tugging and damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection when towing trailers. There is no reason to beat yourself or your equipment up with a hard connection between the trailer & receiver hitch.

By reducing trailer breakage on both the trailer and the trailer contents! Absorbs the damaging forces experienced with a typical hard connection. This greatly reduces the chances of breaking welds and doing other damage to your equipment & cargo.

By giving you improved control of your tow vehicle and camper. The air ride equalizer for a weight distribution system allows for better control of your pickup and the trailer it is towing.

By reducing wear and tear on driveline and frame! Treat yourself, your equipment, and your passengers to a much smoother ride.

Works great on GMC Sierra, Chevy Silverado, Chevy Colorado, GMC Canyon, Dodge Ram, Ford F150, F250, F350, F450, F550 Super Duty, Toyota Tundra, Tacoma, Nissan Titan, Frontier and Honda Ridgeline pickup trucks.

Air Equalizer with built in airbag, XR Ball Mount Base frame and two "D" handled hitch pins w/clips. Upgrade to also includes a combo ball mount with 2" hitch ball & 2 5/16" hitch ball. Combo ball GTW rating is 20,000 lbs for 2-5/16" ball and 10,000 lbs for 2" ball.

How to set the air? After you hook up wd bars, air the hitch until the truck side bump cushions are not compressed. If the trailer side bump cushions are compressed you have too much air in the bag. See video

The Shocker Hitch is a heavy-duty unit that in most cases exceeds factory towing weight capacities, therefore it is imperative that you always read and follow the tongue and towing weight recommendations of the truck that is mounted on, the hitch & ball rating, the trailer coupler rating and the ratings of the trailer you are towing.

Stocked in Canada — ships direct, no customs delay. 2" Ball is 10,000 lbs GTW & 1,000 lbs TW / 2-5/16" Ball is 20,000 lbs GTW & 2,000 lbs TW.

We offer a wide variety of our ball mount attachments; standard mounts, drop ball mounts, clevis mounts, drawbar mounts, cushioned drawbar mounts, pintle hook attachments, raised mounts and combo multi-ball mounts that would with the XR ball mount base frame.