Impact Max Cushion Hitch & 8-Ton Channel Style Pintle Hook with 2-5/16" Ball
Rated for your tow
20,000 lbs GTW · 2,000 lbs TW · 2" receiver· 20,000 lbs GTW · 2,000 lbs TW · 2" receiver
$823.18
or as low as $69/mo with flexible financing — 4, 6, or 12 months. Options at checkout.
Adjustable Pintle Hook & Ball Mount
Fits 6" OD x 3" ID pintle rings, with an adjustable design offering a 1" rise to 6-1/2" drop and 7 adjustment holes for flexibility in height.
HD Pivoting Design
Filters the rock shock through the urethane cushions with the greaseable 1" diameter 1045 carbon steel pivot bolt.
Unique Flip Around Design
Hitch can be flipped around more drop or rise. The only cushion hitch on the market that can be flipped around.
Dual Cushion Bump System
Absorbs road shock, bumps, and jerks, reducing sway and providing a smoother towing experience. Cushions forward & backwards plus up & down for maximum cushioning.
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.
You feel every frost heave and hard stop when 20,000 pounds is riding on a solid mount. The jerk and chuck beats up your truck, your trailer, and whatever you are hauling, and it turns a long day behind the wheel into a longer one. The Shocker Impact Max 20K is the heavy-duty cushion hitch that takes that punishment out of the ride. It runs the same proven dual rubber bump cushion design as the Impact Cushion 14K, moved onto the beefed-up 20K chassis and finished in matte black powder coat. This Impact Max Cushion Hitch & 8-Ton Channel Style Pintle Hook with 2-5/16" Ball hauls 20,000 lbs GTW with up to 2,000 lb tongue weight, fits 2-inch receivers, and adjusts from 1" Rise to 6-1/2" Drop, all with zero air pressure to manage and no ongoing maintenance.
Key Highlights
- Hauls 20,000 lbs GTW with up to 2,000 lb tongue weight, the heaviest a 1-ton is built to pull
- Sealed dual rubber cushions smooth the ride with no air pressure and no maintenance
- Matte black powder coat looks sharp on a blacked-out truck and shrugs off chips
- 2-inch shank drops into F-150-class half-ton trucks and class III/IV receivers
- 7-hole adjustable frame flips over to give you more drop or more rise
- Takes the same ball mount attachments as the HD Max Black ecosystem
- Costs roughly 30 to 40% less than the HD Max Black 20K air-ride version
- Built for 1-ton pickups and dual-rear-wheel trucks working right at the 20K limit
What's Included
- Impact Max Cushion Hitch & 8-Ton Channel Style Pintle Hook with 2-5/16" Ball cushioned base frame assembly
- Sealed dual rubber bump cushions (pre-installed)
- 2-5/16-inch ball with pintle hook combo ball mount attachment (when configured with a ball)
- 2 D-handle hitch pins with clips
- Textured matte black powder coat finish
- Installation instructions
Not Included
- —Sway control kit (available separately if towing close to the GTW limit)
- —Receiver tube adapter (only needed when stepping between receiver sizes)
- —Additional ball mount attachments (pintle, clevis, drawbar, drop, combo, raised) sold separately
Installation
Watch the official install walkthrough for this hitch — the exact steps and tools, straight from the manufacturer.
Why a 20K Cushion Hitch
Real Capacity for 1-Ton Trucks
The 14K Impact Cushion handles half-tons and plenty of 3/4-tons just fine. But the day you start pulling skid steers, dump trailers, or a loaded equipment hauler behind a 1-ton, you have outgrown it. The 20K chassis gives you the steel and the capacity to pull that weight without flinching, running the same cushion technology under a heavier-duty frame.
Dual Rubber Bump Cushions
Two sealed rubber cushions soak up the shock of towing by compressing and rebounding as the load shifts. The ball mount pivots on that cushion geometry, so the ride stays smoother than a solid mount even when you are loaded right to the 20,000 lb limit.
Matte Black Stealth Finish
The textured matte black powder coat hides road grime, shrugs off chips, and looks right at home on a blacked-out truck. It comes from the same finish family as the HD Max Black air-ride line.
No Compressor Required
Most hitches that pull this kind of weight with a smooth ride need an airbag and a compressor to feed it. The Impact Max 20K is sealed, so there is no compressor and no pressure gauge to babysit. On a remote job site or out on the ranch, where dragging a compressor around is not practical, that is one less thing to worry about.
Built For These Trucks and Trailers
Twenty thousand pounds is serious weight. The Impact Max is built for the trucks and loads that live up there, and it gets it done without any air-ride workflow.
- 1-ton pickups like the F-350, RAM 3500, and GMC 3500HD
- Dual-rear-wheel trucks loaded to full GTW
- Skid steer trailers, dump trailers, and equipment haulers
- Contractor and ranch trailers pulling at or near 20,000 lbs
- Fleet trucks where simple and tough beats tunable
- Owners stepping up from the Impact Cushion 14K who ran out of capacity
Impact Max 20K vs HD Max Black 20K
Same 20K chassis family, same matte black finish. The only real decision is which suspension you want under it.
Impact Max 20K (this product)
Sealed rubber cushions, no maintenance ever, and roughly 30 to 40% cheaper. There is no compressor and no pressure gauge to run. It is the right call when you want a clear ride upgrade over a solid mount plus simplicity and durability, and you do not need to fine-tune the ride with air.
HD Max Black 20K (air-ride sibling)
An adjustable airbag lets you dial in the pressure for whatever you are pulling, for more travel and a smoother ride at any tongue weight. It needs an inflator. The airbag is field-replaceable, but it is a wear item over many years. This is the pick for daily towers and heavy-haul operators who want that adjustability.
Built for the Job Site
Out on a working ranch, a remote job site, or a busy fleet yard, you do not always have a spare minute to check airbag pressure before you pull out. The Impact Max 20K takes that step off your list. Hook up, pull, unhook, and do it again, year after year, with no maintenance routine to keep up. If you want Shocker capacity and ride quality but you would rather treat the hitch like any other piece of fleet gear, this is the line built for you.
Same Attachments as the HD Max Black
The Impact Max 20K takes the same ball mount attachments as the HD Max Black: combo balls, pintle hooks, clevises, drawbars, raised mounts, and drop mounts. If you run more than one truck across the Shocker ecosystem, your attachments carry over across the whole 20K product family, so you are not buying duplicates. The textured matte black powder coat stands up to UV, road salt, and rock chips, and every hitch is stocked in Canada and ships direct, with no border wait.
$823.18
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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.
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