Shocker HD Air Max Black Hitch & Drop Ball Mount w/ 2-5/16" Ball
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.
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.
Smoother Safer Towing
Air ride towing technology with a heavy-duty built-in air spring to cushion the ride & absorb the road shock, giving you safe & smooth towing.
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.
Textured Matte Black Finish
Impact Resistant Max Black™ Textured Matte Black Premium Powder-Coat Finish on Hitch, Receiver Shank or Mount.
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 behind a three-quarter-ton and you feel every frost heave, pothole, and hard stop come straight up through the truck. The load chucks back and forth, the ride turns harsh, and over the miles that pounding wears on your truck, your trailer, and whatever you've got strapped down. The HD Air Max Black puts an air spring between your truck and that abuse. It's the top-tier core hitch in the Shocker bumper-pull lineup, rated at 20,000 lbs GTW with up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight, so it hauls the heaviest legal bumper-pull trailer you'll ever hook to. It's built for F-250 and RAM 2500-class three-quarter-ton trucks (class V receivers) with a 2-1/2-inch receiver, riding on a beefier-wall HD chassis and wrapped in a textured matte-black powder coat, so you never have to choose between capacity and how your rig looks.
Key Highlights
- Hauls the heaviest bumper-pull trailer you'll ever tow, rated 20,000 lbs GTW with up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight (Shocker's heaviest bumper-pull rating)
- Textured matte-black powder coat shrugs off scratches and complements a blacked-out truck instead of clashing with it
- Heavy-duty 20K-rated air spring built with reinforced multi-ply rubber to soak up the road at full weight
- Thicker-wall HD chassis with reinforced welds where the stress piles up, so it holds together under real loads
- Comes in a 2-1/2-inch receiver, with a 3-inch option for dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks
- Add or release air to set ride height for a full load or an empty deadhead
- Ships with a 4-1/2" to 8-1/2" Drop ball mount so you can level the trailer the way it should sit
- Backed by our 60-day satisfaction guarantee, in stock in Canada and shipped direct
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 HD Air Ride Takes the Hit
20K-Rated Air Spring
A heavy-duty multi-ply rubber air bag carries up to 20,000 lbs of trailer behind you and still soaks up the jolts before they reach your truck and your cargo. Same proven guts as the HD Red, finished to match the matte-black chassis.
Adjustable for Heavy Loads
A heavy bumper-pull load can swing 1,000-plus lbs between empty and full, and the ride changes with it. Add air for the max-weight run, let some out for the empty haul home. The HD air bag gives you a wider usable pressure range to work with than the 14K.
Reinforced HD Chassis
Keeps the same external 8-hole pattern so every Shocker ball mount still fits, then adds thicker-wall steel and reinforced welds rated for 20K loadings, all under a textured matte-black powder coat.
Rocker-Arm Pivot
The down-and-back motion runs on a single pivot with no slides, rollers, or stacked airbags, even at HD loadings. Fewer parts moving under all that stress means less to wear out and a longer service life.
Why Buyers Choose HD Max Black
The top-tier core line, heavy-duty and premium-finish in one.
- Handles the heaviest bumper-pull trailers at 20,000 lbs GTW
- Matte-black texture hides scratches better than glossy or red finishes
- Matches the blacked-out factory looks on Ford, RAM, Chevy, and GMC one-tons
- 3-inch receiver option fits dual-rear-wheel truck factory hitches
- Works with the same 20-plus 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, a bigger capacity tier:
Heavier Airbag and Walls
A 20K-rated HD air bag and reinforced steel walls take you from the 14K's 14,000 lbs up to 20,000 lbs GTW with 2,000 lbs of tongue weight. This is the one to reach for when your loads climb past 14,000 lbs.
Three-Inch Receiver Option
The HD Max Black comes in a 3-inch receiver for dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks, a configuration the Max Black 14K doesn't offer.
Flippable Drop / Rise Geometry
This Shocker HD Air Max Black Hitch & Drop Ball Mount w/ 2-5/16" Ball ships with a 4-1/2" to 8-1/2" Drop ball-mount setup. Most Shocker ball mounts are reversible, so you can flip the mount to turn that drop into rise, or use the 8 adjustment holes to fine-tune coupler height. Getting a heavy bumper-pull trailer sitting level matters more than most people expect. Run it nose-high or nose-low and you overload either the front or rear axle of the trailer, so take the minute 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 get sliding it in and out of the receiver, and outlast glossy finishes on salt-belt roads and gravel. Backed by Shocker Hitch's 60-day satisfaction guarantee, in stock in Canada and shipped direct with no border wait.
$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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