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 · 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 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.
Hook a heavy trailer to a rigid receiver and every frost heave, expansion joint, and hard stop slams straight up through the ball into your truck, your load, and your back. On a one-ton pulling near its limit, that pounding wears out gear and turns a long haul into a beating. The Shocker HD Air Max Black Hitch & Drop Ball Mount w/ 2-5/16" Ball puts an air spring between the trailer and the truck so that shock gets soaked up instead of passed straight through. It sits at the top of Shocker's bumper-pull line, heavy-duty 20K guts wrapped in a textured matte-black premium powder coat, and it hauls 20,000 lbs GTW with up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight on a beefier-wall HD chassis. It's built for F-350, RAM 3500, and dual-rear-wheel one-ton trucks (class V/VI receivers) running a 3-inch receiver, for the owner who won't trade away capacity to get the finish they want.
Key Highlights
- Pulls 20,000 lbs GTW with up to 2,000 lbs of tongue weight, the heaviest bumper-pull load Shocker rates
- Textured matte-black powder coat shrugs off scratches and matches a blacked-out truck
- A 20K-rated HD air bag with reinforced multi-ply construction takes the pounding off your rig
- Thicker-wall HD chassis with reinforced welds where the load hits hardest
- Available with a 3-inch receiver, the size one-ton dual-rear-wheel trucks run
- Adjustable air pressure lets you dial ride height in to whatever you're towing that day
- 4-1/2" to 8-1/2" Drop ball-mount geometry so you can set the trailer level
- Backed 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 Shocker HD Air Ride Works
The Air Bag Does the Work
An HD multi-ply rubber air bag carries up to 20,000 lbs of trailer and soaks up the road shock before it ever reaches your truck and cargo. It's the same engineering as the HD Red, just finished to match the matte-black chassis.
Tune It to the Load
A heavy trailer can swing 1,000+ lbs between empty and loaded, and a fixed hitch treats both the same. Add air for a max-weight run, let some out for the deadhead home. The HD air bag has a wider usable pressure range than the 14K.
Built Heavier for the Weight
It keeps the same 8-hole outside geometry, so every Shocker ball mount still fits, but the steel is thicker-walled and the welds are reinforced for 20K loads. All of it wears a textured matte-black powder coat.
One Simple Pivot
Shocker's down-and-back motion rides on a single pivot with no slides, no rollers, and no stacked air bags, even at HD loads. Fewer moving parts under all that stress means less to wear out and a longer service life.
Why Buyers Choose HD Max Black
The top of the core line, heavy-duty and premium-finished at once.
- Tops out at 20,000 lbs GTW, the most any bumper-pull Shocker pulls
- Textured matte black hides scratches better than glossy or red does
- Matches blacked-out packages on Ford, RAM, Chevy, and GMC one-tons
- 3-inch receiver matches dual-rear-wheel truck factory hitches
- Fits the same 20+ Shocker ball-mount attachments, black-matched where offered
- You keep the capacity without giving up the looks
HD Max Black vs. Max Black 14K, What Changes
Same finish family, a bigger capacity tier:
Heavier Bag, Thicker Walls
A 20K-rated HD air bag and reinforced steel walls push usable capacity from 20,000 lbs on the 14K up to 20,000 lbs GTW with 2,000 lbs tongue weight. It's what you reach for when loads exceed 14k.
A 3-Inch Receiver Choice
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.
Flip It for Drop or Rise
This Shocker HD Air Max Black Hitch & Drop Ball Mount w/ 2-5/16" Ball ships set up as a 4-1/2" to 8-1/2" Drop. Most Shocker ball mounts are reversible, so you can flip the mount to turn that drop into rise, or work the 8 adjustment holes to fine-tune coupler height. Getting it right matters even more on heavy bumper-pull trailers, because a mismatched drop leaves the trailer nose-high or nose-low and dumps the weight onto its front or rear axle. Take a minute and 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 resist UV fade, hide the micro-scratches you get sliding the shank 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.
$1,310.38
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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