Shocker Max Black HD Air Channel Style Pintle & Ball Hitch
Rated for your tow
16,000 lbs GTW · 1,600 lbs TW · 2-1/2" receiver· 16,000 lbs GTW · 1,600 lbs TW · 2-1/2" receiver
$1,293.58
$1,360.78 save $67.20
or as low as $108/mo with flexible financing — 4, 6, or 12 months. Options at checkout.
Smoother Safer Towing
Air ride towing technology with a heavy duty built in air spring to cushion the ride & absorb the road shock, bumps, bangs, tugs, jerks & sways.
Adjustable for Weight
Fine-tune for your towing weight. Just add air for heavier loads. Just add or ride air depending on the weight of your trailer and it's contents.
Adjustable Ball & 8-Ton Pintle Hook Combo
3" Drop to 7" Drop. Cushioned adjustable combination pintle hook ball mount. Fits 6" OD x 3" ID pintle rings. 8-Ton 16,000 lbs Capacity. With a 2-5/16" hitch ball.
Matte Black Finish
Max Black™ Textured Matte Black Premium Powder-Coat Finish on Base Frame.
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.
Hook a heavy trailer to a rigid hitch and every frost heave, expansion joint, and hard stop slams straight through the ball into your truck, your load, and you. The Shocker Max Black HD Air Channel Style Pintle & Ball Hitch drops an air spring in between. It hauls 16,000 lbs GTW and up to 1,600 lbs of tongue weight, which is Shocker's heaviest bumper-pull rating, on a beefier-wall HD chassis, and it fits F-250 and RAM 2500-class three-quarter-ton trucks (class V receivers) with a 2-1/2-inch receiver. The whole hitch wears a textured matte-black premium powder coat. It's the top-tier core hitch in the Shocker bumper-pull lineup, built for one-ton owners who won't trade capacity for looks or looks for capacity.
Key Highlights
- Hauls 16,000 lbs GTW and up to 1,600 lbs of tongue weight, the heaviest bumper-pull trailer Shocker rates for
- Textured matte-black premium powder coat shrugs off receiver scratches and matches a blacked-out truck
- 20K-rated HD air bag built from reinforced multi-ply rubber to soak up road shock under full load
- Thicker-wall HD chassis with reinforced welds where the stress piles up, so it holds together trip after trip
- Comes in a 2-1/2-inch receiver, with a 3-inch option for the one-ton trucks that need it
- Adjustable air pressure lets you set ride height for a light run or a maxed-out load
- 3″ Drop to 7″ Drop ball-mount geometry so you can level the trailer and spread the weight evenly
- Backed by our 60-day satisfaction guarantee, so you can put it to work and be sure
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 the Shocker HD Air Ride Works
20K-Rated Air Spring
The HD multi-ply rubber air bag carries up to 16,000 lbs of trailer and still soaks up the jolts before they reach your truck and cargo. It's the same air-ride engineering as the HD Red, finished to match the matte-black chassis.
Adjustable for Heavy Loads
A heavy bumper-pull trailer can swing 1,000+ lbs between empty and loaded, and a fixed hitch can't keep up. Add air for a max-weight run, bleed it off for the empty deadhead home. The HD air bag gives you a wider usable pressure range than the 14K.
Reinforced HD Chassis
Same external 8-hole geometry, so every Shocker ball mount still fits, now with thicker-wall steel and reinforced welds rated for 20K loadings. All of it wears the textured matte-black powder coat.
Rocker-Arm Pivot
Shocker's down-and-back motion rides on a single pivot, with no slides, rollers, or stacked air bags to wear out, even at HD loadings. Fewer moving parts under heavy stress means it lasts longer.
Why Buyers Choose HD Max Black
The top-tier core line, heavy-duty and premium-finish in one hitch.
- Tops out the bumper-pull range at 16,000 lbs GTW
- Textured matte black hides receiver scratches better than glossy or red
- Matches blacked-out OEM packages on Ford, RAM, Chevy, and GMC one-tons
- 3-inch receiver option lines up with dual-rear-wheel factory hitches
- Runs the same 20+ Shocker ball-mount attachments, black-matched where offered
- No trade-off between capacity and looks
HD Max Black vs. Max Black 14K: What's Different
Same finish family, different capacity tier:
Heavier Air Bag and Walls
The 20K-rated HD air bag and reinforced steel walls push usable capacity from 16,000 lbs on the 14K up to 20,000 lbs GTW with 1,600 lbs of tongue weight. This is the one to grab when your loads climb past 14k.
Three-Inch Receiver Option
HD Max Black comes in a 3-inch receiver for dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks, a size the Max Black 14K doesn't offer.
Flippable Drop and Rise Geometry
This Shocker Max Black HD Air Channel Style Pintle & Ball Hitch ships in a 3″ Drop to 7″ Drop ball-mount setup. Most Shocker ball mounts flip over, so you can turn drop into rise, and the 8 adjustment holes let you fine-tune coupler height. A heavy bumper-pull trailer really needs to sit level. Run it nose-high or nose-low and you overload either the front or rear axle of the trailer, so take the time to dial it in.
Premium Finish, HD Frame
It's built on the same reinforced HD chassis as the Shocker HD 20K Red. The textured matte-black powder coat is made to fight UV fade, hide the micro-scratches you pick up sliding it in and out of the receiver, and outlast glossy finishes through salt-belt winters and gravel-road summers. Backed by Shocker Hitch's 60-day satisfaction guarantee.
$1,293.58
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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