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Originally Posted by scottarue
Is anyone out there using the Shocker Hitch?
If you are using one, please let me know how it is working out for you. I don't get my 21C until June 24, so I have lots of time to research and obsess!
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Congratulations on your pending Escape.
I don't have any experience with the shocker hitch other than considering it somewhere along the line since we first began towing travel trailers. I also considered the Hensley and the ProPride hitches as I wanted to tow safely, had limited experience, and figured that no expense was too great for a safer, more stable towing experience.
However, in the end, I never purchased any of those items. I was wisely counselled by a much more experienced member of the fiberglass RV forum that "it was probably more than I needed", as he gently put it. Or, as another wise man once said:
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Originally Posted by bborzell
There might be a place in the towing universe for this hitch, but I doubt that it is in the lightweight camper segment.
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In fact, I have looked at shock absorbing ball mounts all the way down to those in the under-$100 category which employ oval hitch-pin holes and a block of polyurethane inside the ball mount to serve as a spring.
https://www.etrailer.com/search/Shoc...ing+Ball+Mount
At one point I even invested the then-handsome sum of $18 in a hitch tightener. It did not help at all, at least it didn't for something like a year, until I actually installed it. Then, it was a modern wash-day miracle, immediately taking the slop and 'bangs' out of the tow-vehicle-trailer connection.
Stowaway Hitch Tightener.jpg
https://www.stowaway2.com/hitch-tightener
So, my suggestions are to 1) invest $22 or so in a hitch tightener, 2) add your tow vehicle to your profile so folks have a better idea of what you will be using, and 3) then consider a weight distribution system as may be appropriate to your setup.
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