The Shocker Gooseneck Air Hitch with Shift Lock 9" Offset Coupler adds instant air ride to your gooseneck hauling, delivering smoother, safer towing every mile. It's a patented air suspension system that completely replaces your gooseneck trailer's factory stem and coupler, using a built-in air spring bag and dual bump cushions to absorb the bumps, bangs, chucking, jerks, and tugs you normally feel when towing a gooseneck with a hard connection. The result is a much smoother, more controlled ride for you, your passengers, your animals, and your equipment, and less wear and tear on both your truck and trailer. The 9" offset Shift Lock coupler positions the ball 9 inches forward of the factory location for extra cab clearance, which is exactly what short-bed trucks and wide-front gooseneck trailers need.

It's the preferred air hitch for anyone towing gooseneck horse trailers, living-quarters trailers, stock trailers, and flatbeds, especially with a short-bed pickup, whether you tow occasionally or you're crossing the country to rodeos. The 30,000 lb Shift Lock coupler is the only gooseneck coupler that captures the ball on both sides, so you can see at a glance whether it's locked on, and its patent-pending Round Multi-Fit stem fits 4" or 100mm round trailer stems with straight or angled pin holes, so one system covers a wide range of trailers. It installs in minutes, is tunable for any load, and even helps save fuel. Made in the USA by Shocker Hitch in Jamestown, ND, it's the air ride upgrade your gooseneck trailer (and your horses) will thank you for.

The heart of the system is Shocker's rocker arm pivot design, which is engineered specifically for the way a gooseneck trailer moves. It produces a front-and-back motion, and that fore-aft jerk is the biggest and most fatiguing motion you feel when towing a gooseneck. By filtering, dampening, and absorbing that motion through the built-in air ride system, dual external bump cushions, and an internal bump inside the air spring bag, the Shocker delivers heavy-duty yet very smooth performance and eliminates the jerks, bucking, bangs, and chucking of a hard connection. It's tested, trusted, and proven to work better than other cushion hitches, and Shocker's design does it without the parallel linkages, shock absorbers, torsion arms, and other over-engineered gadgets other hitches rely on.

The benefits are real and wide-ranging. Because the air ride absorbs the damaging forces of a hard connection, it reduces stress, wear, tear, and breakage on your truck's driveline and frame, your trailer's welds, and your cargo, while making the ride dramatically less stressful for you, your passengers, and your animals. That last point matters to horse and livestock owners: your animals experience a smoother, calmer ride, which is why this is the preferred air hitch for gooseneck horse trailers. The smoother connection also gives you improved control and comfort, making towing safer, and customers report saving one mile or more per gallon on fuel.

The Shift Lock coupler and Multi-Fit stem are what make it both secure and versatile. The 30,000 lb Shift Lock coupler is the only gooseneck coupler that captures the ball on both sides, with an easy-to-use handle for hooking up and disconnecting and a clear, at-a-glance indication that it's locked on the ball. The 9" offset built into this version extends the coupler 9 inches forward (with 3 height adjustment holes), giving the cab clearance that short-bed trucks and wide-front trailers need. The system mounts on Shocker's patent-pending Round Multi-Fit stem, a thick-wall, heavy-duty stem that fits 4" or 100mm (3-15/16") round inner tube stems with straight or angled pin holes up to 30 degrees, so it adapts to a wide range of trailers. The air ride sits in front of the gooseneck hitch and out of the way, and it's fully tunable: just add air for heavier loads to dial in the best ride and load control (patent #11,370,257 B1, with additional patents pending).

Downloadable setup guides, dimension diagrams, an installation video, and a round-stem angle/sizing guide are available.