might be able to bodge it onto your car.
And they might not.
It appears that that is the hitch that will pop up whenever you request a
hitch for a vehicle that they do not have a specific fitment.
Please do look into the Photos section under trailer hitch. If the hitch you
find does not look like what I made, do NOT buy it. There is simply no other
mounting place suitable for towing. When I found my factory hitch, I was
pleased that it mounted in EXACTLY the same way as the hitch I made.
Exactly.
The differences were simply the forming of braces, owing to the presses
available to mass production. Oh, yeah, I know that sounds like egotism.
Tough, I pulled a 3000 pound plus trailer from Miami to Chicago, plus
numerous moves around here. I know that my hitch is built right.
Pics of the factory hitch are coming, it just got warm-ish here (20 ºF).
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Schaefer" <sschaefer50@gmail.com>
To: <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Pulling a trailer with 240D
I did find a couple hitches; does anyone know anything about either
one of these?
http://www.etrailer.com/productdetail.asp?partno=11614&vehicleid=7070&yearfrom=1982&h=
Steve
On Jan 25, 2008 11:53 PM, <cw4dtu@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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> Jeff,
>
> I looked at that a long time ago and there is a hitch for the 123s that's
> reasonably safe unless you want to tow a cattle car. Will have to look in
> my
> archives to find you info, later next week.
>
> Darryl Urcheck (yes the guy from the Cit lists lol who also owns a 240d)
>
>
>
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:19:30 -0600, Jeff Fennema wrote
>
> > > hey I just called u-haul about installing a hitch on my 240D. They
> > > said they did not have one for the 240D. Has anyone installed a
> > > u-haul hitch on there 240D, I thought someone said they had?
> > >
> > I would very much doubt that anyone had a hitch for a car that was
> produced
> > last over 23 years ago, was somewhat limited in appeal due to
> > excessively
> > high purchase price (my coupé, $37,000 in '84: an Eldorado - $18,000),
> > and
> > the overwhelming trend towards towing with trucks.
> > Further, the only hitch I have ever seen on any W123 not my own, was an
> > extremely dangerous affair bolted through the trunk floor (too thin by
> far)
> > and through the rear bumper (attached to the car by a rubber mount, AND
> > aluminum to boot).
> > However, that said, Valley Hitch, FWIW, list a hitch for W123, but there
> is
> > no picture available, and no one I've talked to knows what this thing
> looks
> > like.
> >
> > For those who can, or know someone who fabricates, there is enough info
> > in
> > my Photo entry on hitches to allow you to fabricate a safe, sturdy hitch
> for
> > any W123. Raw material is a hitch for a Jeep Cherokee of late-eighties
> > vintage (the really square ones). These are common in junkyards (the
> hitch,
> > AND the Jeep). Bonus: the fabrication was really quite simple - cut the
> arms
> > off the centre bar, drill to fit behind the bumper mounts, then reweld
> back
> > onto the bar in a different location than was before. I could probably
> > do
> > another in a couple hours, it's that easy.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com)
>
>
--
Steve Schaefer
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liberty nor security.
--- Ben Franklin
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