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Get a smooth ride when towing your heavy-duty equipment trailer or toy hauler with this shock-absorbing gooseneck coupler. Offset design gives 5" of extra clearance between your cab and trailer. Fits standard 4" round outer tube. 25K GTW.
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Whether you're hauling construction equipment or you're carrying your ATVs to the mud park, towing heavy-duty loads can be an intense job. You definitely don't want to have to deal with sharp, jolting movement every time your trailer hits a bump. Driving over bumps, potholes, and uneven terrain causes road shock. This can result in a rough ride for you and your cargo. It can even potentially damage your trailer. The Spartan from Gen-Y Hitch is designed to absorb road shock at the connection point to create a safe, smooth, and stable ride. This is thanks to the internal construction of the coupler, which is similar to that of a torsion axle.
Pivot points are built into this gooseneck coupler. This allows for movement between the base of the coupler, which connects to the ball in your truck bed, and the top tube of the coupler, which connects to your trailer. When your vehicle hits a bump, the base of the coupler will move up or down accordingly.
Built into the Spartan are tubes with inner bars that are surrounded by rubber cords. As the coupler's base rises or falls, these inner bars twist inside of the tubes, attempting to follow the base's motion. But the rubber cords prevent the bars from twisting too far. And as each bar turns, these cords compress to absorb the shock. This means that any shock experienced by your truck can be absorbed before it reaches your trailer, and the shock experienced by your trailer won't get transferred to your truck.
This Gen-Y gooseneck coupler has an offset design. The bottom of the coupler, where it attaches to the ball, is positioned 5" away from the coupler tube, which inserts into the outer tube on your trailer. This provides 5" of extra clearance, giving you more space between your truck cab and trailer when making tight turns.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
What's up everybody, Adam here with me etrailer, today, we have a Spartan shock absorbing gooseneck coupler. So, this is going to come in two of a kind, we're gonna have 3.5K and also 5.5K, which is what we have right here. Basically having a shock absorbing hitch is the best. one it's gonna, kind of prevent all that chucking that you feel, chucking is when your trailer kind of surges, and it kind of surges your truck forward and you can feel it in the cab, also with the porpoising, porpoising is when you hit bumps, and the front end of your truck just keeps bouncing up and down and just kind of uneven, and it's not really something you want to feel whenever you're going down the road, but also it's just gonna prolong the life of a lot of your components, You know, just a little bit of shock absorbing technology here, is gonna increase your ride quality a lot whenever you're going down the road. We have a lot of specs to go over but first, let's show you the Spartan in action. So we went ahead and took this thing through our test scores, and if you guys look right here, you'll see how it's really flexing.
So, I wish you guys we're in the cab with me, I have driven a lot of different goosenecks and with airbags on the back, it's usually really, really rough, but as that flex starts to happen, it really doesn't transfer a lot that shock in there, It felt super buttery, whenever I was going over the speed bumps. And we went over a lot of them, so it's kind of an extreme case here at etrailer with our test scores, we didn't see a whole lot of flex compared to some of the lighter duty couplers, but you could 100% feel it with it completely loaded up. Our four different bolts right here, are really what's going to set this apart from any other coupler that you may be looking at. Basically what's going on here is, we have a circular shaft going through the center, and we're going to have a bunch of cylinder type rubber pieces that go all the way around that shaft, and then there's a square shaft that goes around all that. Basically as it starts to torque, the center shaft starts to move, but then the rubber on the outside of that, and with the shape of the outer tube, is gonna kind of resist that.
So as it starts to do that in torque, that rubber is really what's taking all of that road shock away. And that's pretty much how it works, that's really how this thing really sets it apart from, any of the other non shock absorbing goosenecks you may see on our website, Should you go with the 5.5K or the 3.5K Well, we can do some calculations to figure that out. one way of doing it, is we can take the gross trailer weight of our whole entire trailer, and we typically take 15 to 25% of that weight. Once you find out your pin weight, what you can do is you're gonna take that number and times it by two. So if you have 2,750 pounds of tongue weight, times it by two, and it's going to be around 5,000 pounds.
we times it by two you because we want to have 50% of what our coupler can handle. So this way we're not going to be, not really utilizing the shock absorbing technology and we're also not going to be overloading it either. And here's a little gauge that'll show you, as you can see we're right at the minimum, but again, we don't have everything we usually have loaded up in here, so once we load all that stuff up, it's right in that sweet spot so we get a lot more flex and a lot smoother ride. We went over how it sets it apart from all the other, gooseneck couplers that you have options on our website for, we also showed you in an action and we helped you figure out which one's going to be best for you, So now let's just go over some specs. One is make sure that whatever is on your trailer, we want to make sure that it's going to fit a diameter of four inches on this tube.
So this two's about four inches in diameter, We're gonna have five different holes, and they are kind of offset, some are here, some are here. So depending on your setup, you're going to be able to get it adjusted. And we're going to have an overall vertical travel of about five and a half inches. it does have a nice powder coated finish, I love the look of this. I've literally seen a lot of different ball mounts, goosenecks and everything with this same powder coat finish, and they last forever. It looks good. It's going to resist against all that rust and corrosion and stuff like that. One thing about the Spartan, if I we're to compare it to some other shock absorbing hitch, we do have the Pegasus. So the Pegasus, the only difference between these two is, just going to be the offset. So the offset is from the center here of your tube, to the center of your ball. And for this one, it's going to be about five inches of offset. So that's going to be kind of nice, just so we can maybe keep a fuel tank in here, maybe a toolbox or something like that. The Pegasus is going to have 11 inch offset. So if you really want to set your trailer back a little bit farther, you can go with the Pegasus. Pegasus also has a 4.5K option. So, it's all up to you, but they're all going to work the same. It is going to be used with a two and five 16 inch ball does not come with the ball, but it does come with the pin right here, and all you really got to do to get it undone, is just take this pin, go out like this and then pull it. Really simple, comes with the pin, and actually comes with one more pin up top, and I really liked this one because it's a nice stainless steel pin that goes right through, so you don't have to worry about providing your own. Has a little clip too, which is nice. And it's one of these, which is easy to pull off and it's not going to come off on its own, so I really liked that. So you get everything you really need with it, but if you need anything else like safety chains and stuff, that's not gonna come with it, but we do have them here at each trailer. But all in all, shock absorbing hitches, I'm telling you this coupler is going to increase your ride quality a lot, if you're on the road for longer than an hour with a gooseneck trailer, just get one of these you'll thank me later. And that's a pretty much it, when I look at the Gen-Y Spartan shock absorbing, gooseneck coupler..
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars (18 Customer Reviews)
Get a smooth ride when towing your heavy-duty equipment trailer or toy hauler with this shock-absorbing gooseneck coupler. Offset design gives 5" of extra clearance between your cab and trailer. Fits standard 4" round outer tube. 25K GTW.
I don't see how I lived without this. We often experienced a "bucking" when crossing bridges or even on certain roads with expansion joints. We were getting bounced around so much I can't imagine how our horses survived. This product has removed that completely. It also provides a slight offset if you have a shortbed. I have an 8' bed, but welcome the extra space between my tailgate and the trailer. Well worth the money! I will never tow a gooseneck trailer again without this.
E trailer customer service stayed in contact with me through the entire process.
It took a few weeks to be delivered but I was in no hurry so plan accordingly.
The Spartan hitch was as advertised.
The only negative feed back I have is that the neck pin didn’t have a shoulder so it would go all the way through the holes. I use my existing through bolt anyway so I didn’t need it. Again plan accordingly. Not to be confused with the ball hitch pin. I’m strictly speaking of the slide neck adjustment pin.
Overall very pleased with etrailer and gen y.
This seems to be an excellent upgrade to the coupler on my Belmont trailer. Less than 100 miles on it so far but the trailer seems to jerk the truck around less on these fine Pennsylvania roads. It is helpful to have an extra pair of hands when installing. The powder coating made the tube on the coupler a little thicker than the original. I used a wire brush and some spray lithium grease on the inside of the trailer tube and was able to install the new coupler just by working it back and forth with minimal powder coating coming off. My trailer is registered at 9,999 lbs which is why I went with the 3.5k TW option. Haven’t had an opportunity to put a machine on the trailer yet to see if that was wise or not but a load of 18 - 6”x6”x12’ pressure treated beams barely moved the indicator. After my first trip I opted to change it to using the hole closest to the coupler as the trailer had a little too much angle back towards the last axle. Even in the bottom hole I still have 9” of clearance between the top of my tailgate on my Ram 2500 and the trailer.
The difference is substantial! I won’t say you can’t tell the trailer is back there but the ride comfort is outstanding!!!!
Great hitch ... love the adjustability of the hitch to match height of different trailers i pull since i hot shot and do power onlys also
With my trailer which is only a 6 k trailer I bought the 7.5k hitch yet empty it is maxed out wish there was a way to adjust
Holes in hitch don’t line up with the hole in tube on my 2018 MAXXD Trailer. With holes lined up the hitch is offset towards passenger side of truck. Was really looking forward to working this hitch. Very disappointed
I have a 2020 Silverado Custom Trail Boss 1500 and I pull a Shadow 2 horse slant gooseneck with 9' LQ and a bump out. The Trail Boss has a 5'9" box so the gooseneck is rather close the the cab. I bought the Gen-Y Spartan shock absorbing gooseneck coupler with 5" offset and it makes a huge difference pulling down the road. We have hauled the horses from MN to ND, MT, WY, CO, KS, NE, IA and back and have nothing but great things to say about the Gen-Y coupler. It is a must!
Definitely rides better when the trailer is loaded. Only issue I have is that it increases the hitch height (my truck is lifted), but that's just the nature of the beast. Hopefully it hold's up to the Arizona sun.
the product works great just be sure to order the correct weight rating for the loads you intend to haul. if you only haul 10,000 lbs. get the hitch for that rating. even though you can haul 15,000 lbs. you won't get the benefit of the flex if your hitch has a gross tongue weight that is too heavy. other than that, it's a great product.
Quick Service! Only one problem the GEN Y doesn’t match up on my Liberty Trailers gooseneck retaining pin holes not basically they are an inch off forcing my trailer to be off had to bring it to a machine shop for proper alignment.
just as i expected. fits great and easy to install.
the young man in the video must be very strong, cause it took some umph to get the tube inserted and pin put in by myself. but hey, this fat old man got'er done!!
Fast and exactly what I needed. Thanks Carol
Some of the best Service i have been given while ordering something on the phone in years . Even when she did not know the answer her willingness to find out was great . Thanks again
works great
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