Shocker Max Black Air Channel Style Pintle & Ball Hitch
Rated for your tow
14,000 lbs GTW · 1,400 lbs TW · 2" receiver· 14,000 lbs GTW · 1,400 lbs TW · 2" receiver
$1,142.38
$1,209.58 save $67.20
or as low as $96/mo with flexible financing — 4, 6, or 12 months. Options at checkout.
Weight-Adjustable System
Easily fine-tune the air pressure to match your towing weight. Add air for heavier loads or reduce it for lighter trailers.
Sleek Matte Black Finish
The Max Black™ textured matte black premium powder-coat finish provides a durable and stylish look.
Advanced Air Ride Technology
Experience a smoother towing journey with our heavy-duty built-in air ride system, designed to cushion the ride and absorb road shocks.
14,000 lbs GTW Air Hitch
This heavy-duty air hitch supports a towing capacity of 14,000 lbs and a tongue weight of 1,400 lbs. (Note: Don't go over the Base frame GTW)
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.
Every frost heave, pothole, and hard stop travels straight up a rigid steel hitch into your truck, your trailer, and everything you loaded inside. That constant jerking and chucking beats up your gear and wears on you over a long haul. This Shocker Max Black Air Channel Style Pintle & Ball Hitch puts an air spring between you and the road, soaking up those hits before they reach the cab. It runs the same proven Original Shocker Air Hitch chassis and the same air-ride design, rated to haul 14,000 lbs behind an F-150-class half-ton (and class III/IV receivers) on a 2-inch receiver. The one thing that changes is the finish, a textured matte-black powder coat that hides scratches, shrugs off chips, and looks right on a blacked-out truck instead of the classic red.
Key Highlights
- Hauls up to 14,000 lbs with 1,400 lbs of tongue weight on the proven 8-hole chassis
- Textured matte-black powder coat hides road rash and keeps looking sharp as it ages
- Drops into the 2-inch receiver on an F-150-class half-ton (and class III/IV receivers)
- Adjustable air pressure dials in a level, smooth ride for whatever you are towing
- Rocker-arm pivot with fewer moving parts, so there is less to wear out over the years
- 3″ Drop to 7″ Drop ball-mount geometry to get the trailer sitting level
- Matches blacked-out trucks, dark wheels, and modern factory trim packages
- Backed by our 60-day satisfaction guarantee, in stock and shipping direct from Canada
What's Included
- Max Black 14K Air Hitch base frame (2-inch receiver shank, matte black)
- Built-in 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)
- Installation and air-pressure setup instructions
Not Included
- —Air compressor or pressure gauge (available separately)
- —Friction sway-bar kit (required only if towing sway-prone trailers; 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 Air Ride Takes the Hit
Built-In Air Spring
A heavy-duty air bag sits under the receiver tube and catches the jerking, tugging, and impact before it ever reaches your truck or trailer. Nothing bolts up rigid, so the shock stops at the hitch instead of traveling into the cab.
Set It for Whatever You're Towing
Running heavy one day and light the next? Add air for a loaded trailer, let some out for a lighter one, and the hitch settles at the right ride height every time you hook up.
Rocker-Arm Pivot
Shocker's signature down-and-back motion rides on a single pivot, with no slides, rollers, parallel linkages, or stacked airbags. Fewer moving parts means less to wear out and a hitch that keeps working season after season.
Dual Bump Cushions
When a jolt is too big for the air bag to fully swallow, two rubber cushions step in and catch the rest. It is a built-in backstop for the hardest hits so nothing bottoms out.
Why Buyers Choose the Black Finish
Same proven 14K chassis as the Original. What changes is the finish and how it carries itself on your truck.
- Textured matte black hides scratches and chips that would show right away on glossy red
- Matches blacked-out factory trims like King Ranch, Limited, AT4, Rebel, and Platinum
- Stays looking new longer, with no fade line where the receiver slides into the bumper
- A clean, upmarket look for anyone who treats their truck as a statement piece
- The same 20-plus Shocker ball-mount attachments come in matching black
- Exact same air-ride performance, so this is purely a looks and durability upgrade
Sway Control: Two Configurations
Whether this hitch comes with sway-control tabs comes down to the ball-mount attachment you choose:
Standard Ball Mount (No Sway Tabs)
Right for boats, livestock trailers, equipment haulers, and anything that does not need friction sway bars. The pivoting air-ride motion already takes some of the wag out of the load on its own.
Ball Mount With Welded Sway Tabs
Adds welded tabs to bolt on a friction sway-bar kit (sold separately). This is the one to grab if you tow a travel trailer or a tall camper that catches crosswind and starts to wander.
Flip It for Drop or Rise
A trailer that rides nose-high or nose-low pulls wrong, wears its tires uneven, and pushes the load around behind you. This Shocker Max Black Air Channel Style Pintle & Ball Hitch ships in a 3″ Drop to 7″ Drop ball-mount setup, and most Shocker ball mounts flip over, so you can turn drop into rise or work through the 8 adjustment holes to bring the coupler to the right height. Low travel trailer behind a lifted truck or a tall camper behind a stock pickup, the geometry gets it sitting level.
A Finish Built to Last
Salt, gravel, and hard sun are what usually fade a hitch and leave it looking beat long before the truck wears out. This one is built on the same heavy-wall steel chassis as the Original 14K, then coated in a textured matte-black powder coat made to hold off UV fade, hide the micro-scratches you get every time the receiver goes in, and stay sharp longer than a glossy finish on salt-belt and gravel roads. Backed by Shocker Hitch's 60-day satisfaction guarantee.
$1,142.38
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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