Shocker HD Max Black Air Hitch & Channel Style Pintle Hook
Rated for your tow
20,000 lbs GTW · 2,000 lbs TW · 2-1/2" receiver· 20,000 lbs GTW · 2,000 lbs TW · 2-1/2" receiver
$1,259.98
$1,327.18 save $67.20
or as low as $105/mo with flexible financing — 4, 6, or 12 months. Options at checkout.
20,000 lbs Heavy Duty Capacity
20,000 lbs towing capacity and a 2,000 lbs tongue weight. (can vary by mount)
2 Hole Receiver Shank
Available for 2", 2 1/2" & 3" receiver hitch tubes with Two hitch pin holes for length adjustability.
10+ Ball Options (Sold Separately)
Combo Ball, Drop, Raised, Sway Bar Tab Options, Clevis, Drawbar, Pintle with Ball & More.
Air Pintle Hitch Kit includes
complete Shocker HD Max Black air receiver hitch with built in 20K air ride system & dual bump cushions, adjustable pintle hook and three d-handle ball mount attachment pins with clips.
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.
Pull a heavy trailer on a rigid steel hitch and every frost heave, expansion joint, and hard stop slams straight up through the receiver into your truck and your cargo. The HD Max Black Air Hitch & Channel Style Pintle Hook puts a heavy-duty air spring between the trailer and the truck so that jarring gets soaked up instead of passed along. It's the top-tier core hitch in the Shocker bumper-pull lineup, rated for 20,000 lbs gross trailer weight and up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight, the heaviest legal bumper-pull load you'll put behind an F-250 or RAM 2500-class three-quarter-ton truck (class V receivers). It slides into a 2-1/2-inch receiver on a beefier-wall HD chassis and wears a textured matte-black premium powder coat, so you get one-ton capacity without giving up the look. In stock in Canada, ships direct with no border wait.
Key Highlights
- Hauls up to 20,000 lbs of trailer with 2,000 lbs on the tongue, the heaviest bumper-pull load Shocker makes
- Textured matte-black powder coat shrugs off scratches and matches a blacked-out truck
- Heavy-duty air spring with reinforced multi-ply rubber to soak up the road at full load
- Beefier-wall HD chassis with reinforced welds where the stress is highest
- Fits a 2-1/2-inch receiver, with a 3-inch option for one-ton trucks
- Add or release air to set your ride height for whatever you're towing that day
- 3″ Drop to 7″ Drop ball-mount range lets you sit the trailer dead level
- Comes with our 60-day satisfaction guarantee
What's Included
- HD Max Black 20K base frame (2-1/2-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 Shocker HD Air Ride Works
Air Spring Rated to the Full 20K
The heavy-duty multi-ply rubber air bag carries up to 20,000 lbs of trailer while it cushions the jolts that would otherwise beat up your truck and your load. Same proven guts as the HD Red, finished to match the matte-black chassis.
Set It for Loaded or Empty
A heavy trailer can swing more than 1,000 lbs between empty and full, and a rigid hitch rides rough at both ends. Add air for the max-weight haul and let some out for the deadhead run home. The HD air bag has a wider usable pressure range than the 14K.
Reinforced HD Chassis
Thicker-wall steel and reinforced welds rated for 20K loads, wrapped in textured matte-black powder coat. It keeps the same 8-hole geometry on the outside, so every Shocker ball mount still bolts right on.
One Simple Pivot
Shocker's down-and-back motion runs on a single rocker-arm pivot, with no slides, rollers, or stacked air bags to wear out, even at HD loads. Fewer moving parts under that kind of stress means it holds up longer.
Why Buyers Choose HD Max Black
Our top core hitch, heavy-duty and premium-finished at the same time.
- The heaviest bumper-pull capacity Shocker builds, 20,000 lbs GTW
- Textured matte black hides scratches better than glossy or red
- Matches blacked-out OEM packages on Ford, RAM, Chevy, and GMC one-tons
- 3-inch receiver option matches dual-rear-wheel factory hitches
- Works with all 20+ Shocker ball-mount attachments, black-matched where offered
- Gives you the capacity and the looks in one hitch
HD Max Black vs. Max Black 14K, What's Different
Same finish, a step up in capacity:
Heavier Air Bag and Walls
The 20K-rated HD air bag and reinforced steel walls take you well past what the 14K can carry, up to 20,000 lbs GTW with 2,000 lbs on the tongue. This is the one to grab when your loads run over 14,000 lbs.
Three-Inch Receiver Option
The HD Max Black can be had with a 3-inch receiver for dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks, something the Max Black 14K doesn't offer.
Flippable Drop and Rise Geometry
A trailer that rides nose-up or nose-down drags wrong, wears its tires uneven, and pushes the load onto one axle. This Shocker HD Max Black Air Hitch & Channel Style Pintle Hook ships in a 3″ Drop to 7″ Drop ball-mount setup, and most Shocker ball mounts flip over to turn that drop into rise. Use the 8 adjustment holes to fine-tune coupler height from there. Heavy bumper-pull trailers are picky about sitting level, since a mismatched drop overloads either the front or rear axle of the trailer, so take the time to dial it in.
Premium Finish on an HD Frame
Road salt, flying gravel, and years of sliding the shank in and out of the receiver will chew up a cheap finish and leave you with a rusty, scratched hitch. This one is built on the same reinforced HD chassis as the Shocker HD 20K Red and wears a textured matte-black powder coat made to resist UV fade, hide the micro-scratches from receiver insertion, and outlast glossy finishes on salt-belt and gravel-road runs. Backed by Shocker Hitch's 60-day satisfaction guarantee.
$1,259.98
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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