Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: Pulling a trailer with 240D

Do not look like they bolt to the frame to me, or anything else of substance. So, what are you towing? A one time transport of your dog "woof" from Philly to NYC
or a daily run of your Harley from Bozeman to Boise?  If safety is an issue (as it should be if I am driving next to you, I would look for something that is bolting to your heavy metal, not bumpers and floorboards.

brian


Steve Schaefer <sschaefer50@gmail.com> wrote:

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=

http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/search/?D=Mercedes+Hitch&Ntt=Mercedes+Hitch&Dx=mode+matchall&Ntk=Main&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&N=11124&Nty=1

Steve

On Jan 25, 2008 11:53 PM, <cw4dtu@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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> Jeff,
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> 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.
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> Darryl Urcheck (yes the guy from the Cit lists lol who also owns a 240d)
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> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:19:30 -0600, Jeff Fennema wrote
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> > > 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?
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> > 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
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> > no picture available, and no one I've talked to knows what this thing
> looks
> > like.
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> > 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.
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> > Jeff
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> --
> WOW! Homepage (http://www.wowway.com)
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--
Steve Schaefer

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security deserve neither
liberty nor security.
--- Ben Franklin

brian from la verne, ca

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