Shocker HD Max Black Air Hitch & Chrome Combo Ball Mount
Rated for your tow
20,000 lbs GTW · 2,000 lbs TW · 3" receiver· 20,000 lbs GTW · 2,000 lbs TW · 3" receiver
$1,310.38
$1,377.58 save $67.20
or as low as $110/mo with flexible financing — 4, 6, or 12 months. Options at checkout.
Adjustable Dual Ball Design
Combo adjustable multi-ball mount included with 2" hitch ball & 2 5/16" hitch ball. Matte black powder coat finish base with chrome balls.
Adjustable for Weight
You can set the air pressure for the best comfort and load control. Easier fine-tune for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads.
Heavy Duty Design
Perfect for heavy duty trailer towing with a bumper hitch. 3/8" thick steel side plates & top plate, heavy duty air spring & dual bump cushions.
Smother Safer Towing
Air ride towing technology with a heavy duty built in air ride system to cushion the ride & absorb the road shock giving you safe & smooth trailer towing.
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.
Load a heavy trailer behind a one-ton and a solid steel hitch turns every frost heave, expansion joint, and panic stop into a jolt that hammers your truck, your trailer, and whatever you're hauling. The Shocker HD Max Black Air Hitch & Chrome Combo Ball Mount slips an air spring between the two so that jarring gets soaked up before it reaches you. It's the top of the Shocker bumper-pull lineup: heavy-duty 20,000 lbs GTW and up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight on a beefier-wall HD chassis, sized for F-350, RAM 3500, and dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks (class V/VI receivers) running a 3-inch receiver. All of it wrapped in a textured matte-black premium powder coat, so the owner who won't give up capacity or looks doesn't have to.
Key Highlights
- Hauls the heaviest legal bumper-pull trailer you'll put behind a one-ton: 20,000 lbs GTW and up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight, Shocker's top bumper-pull rating
- Textured matte-black powder coat shrugs off scuffs and matches a blacked-out truck instead of clashing with it
- A 20K-rated HD airbag with reinforced multi-ply construction takes the beating so your rig doesn't
- Beefier-wall HD chassis with reinforced welds right where the stress piles up
- Comes in a 3-inch receiver, the size dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks run
- Air up for a loaded run, bleed it down for the empty return, and the ride height stays where you want it
- 1/2" to 4-1/2" drop ball mount so you can sit a heavy trailer dead level
- Covered by our 60-day satisfaction guarantee
What's Included
- HD Max Black 20K base frame (3-inch receiver shank, matte black)
- 20K-rated HD 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 (matching black where offered)
- HD installation and air-pressure setup instructions
Not Included
- —Air compressor or pressure gauge (available separately, recommended for HD use)
- —Friction sway-bar kit (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 the HD Air Ride Takes the Hit
20K-Rated Air Spring
A tough multi-ply rubber air bag carries up to 20,000 lbs of trailer and still soaks up road shock before it reaches your truck and cargo. Same engineering as the HD Red, just finished to match the matte-black chassis.
Dial It In for the Load
A heavy bumper-pull trailer can swing 1,000+ lbs between empty and full. Add air for the max-weight run, let it out for the deadhead home, and the HD airbag gives you a wider usable pressure range than the 14K to work with.
Reinforced HD Chassis
It keeps the same external 8-hole geometry, so every Shocker ball mount still fits, and adds thicker-wall steel with reinforced welds rated for 20K loads. All of it under a textured matte-black powder coat.
Rocker-Arm Pivot
Shocker's down-and-back motion runs on a single pivot, with no slides, rollers, or stacked airbags, even at HD loads. Fewer moving parts under that kind of stress means it lasts longer.
Why Owners Reach for the HD Max Black
The top of the core line, heavy-duty and premium-finish in one.
- Top bumper-pull capacity at 20,000 lbs GTW
- Textured matte black hides scratches better than glossy or red
- Matches the blacked-out OEM packages on Ford, RAM, Chevy, and GMC one-tons
- 3-inch receiver lines up with dual-rear-wheel factory hitches
- Works with the same 20+ Shocker ball mounts, black-matched where offered
- Full capacity and a premium look, no trade-off between the two
HD Max Black vs. Max Black 14K, What Changes
Same finish family, a bigger capacity tier:
Heavier Airbag and Walls
When your loads climb past what a Max Black 14K can carry, the 20K-rated HD airbag and reinforced steel walls step up to 20,000 lbs GTW with 2,000 lbs of tongue weight. That's the reason to move up.
Three-Inch Receiver Option
The HD Max Black comes in a 3-inch receiver for dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks, something the Max Black 14K doesn't offer.
Flip It for Drop or Rise
This Shocker HD Max Black Air Hitch & Chrome Combo Ball Mount ships set up for 1/2" to 4-1/2" of drop. Most Shocker ball mounts flip over, so you can turn that drop into rise, and the 8 adjustment holes let you fine-tune coupler height on top of that. A heavy bumper-pull trailer really cares about sitting level. Get the drop wrong and you overload either the trailer's front or rear axle, so take a minute to dial it in.
Premium Finish on an HD Frame
Underneath, it's the same reinforced HD chassis as the Shocker HD 20K Red. The textured matte-black powder coat is built to hold off UV fade, hide the micro-scratches you get every time the shank slides into the receiver, and outlast glossy finishes on salt-belt roads and gravel. Backed by Shocker Hitch's 60-day satisfaction guarantee.
$1,310.38
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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