Looking at putting this on my E300 to tow maybe 800 lbs.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300373172065&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Any input is appreciated.

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Muleears
'07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD
'04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K
'10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter
'02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again
'97 E300 Diesel Son's DD
'61 VERY tolerant wife

Hampton Roads, VA USA

Gone but not forgotten:
'67 250S 95K
'86 300SDL
'87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P.
'98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K
'02 S420, 164K
'01 Prius 138K

The photos show a Curt hitch. I have one on my '95 E320 wagon. It's a quality class 1 hitch. You can visit the Curt website and find this hitch and the installlation instructions.

I went to the Curt site and the hitch looks different there. Also has a suggested retail of $350! Why so cheap here?

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Muleears
'07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD
'04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K
'10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter
'02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again
'97 E300 Diesel Son's DD
'61 VERY tolerant wife

Hampton Roads, VA USA

Gone but not forgotten:
'67 250S 95K
'86 300SDL
'87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P.
'98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K
'02 S420, 164K
'01 Prius 138K

I bought my hitch from JC Whitney and it was much cheaper than the price quoted on the Curt website.
The e-bay auction may be using a generic photo, not an actual photo.

Mulears,

I would not have a hitch system on the W210 that did not include attachment to the unibody, and rear bumper, with the emphasis on the unibody attachment points.

My advice is to find an indy hitch installation company near you, to get bids from. They're generally pretty sharp if they can maintain an accessories / hitch business. I would not necessarily go with U-Haul for the install - before shopping the best indy hitch installers in your area.

My W126 had terrific unibody-attachment points utilized by the installer. It was a lot of years ago, that I had it custom installed by a indy hitch company in Council Bluffs, IA. All for less than $200.00 as I recall. It trailered over #2,000 worth of U-Haul and it's cargo for me. Worked flawlessly. I now wish I had taken several pictures of the W126 install - if I need to have the install duplicated elsewhere on another unibody MB.

Interesting. How many have hitches on their W210?

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83 300TD (need rear wiper assembly dead or alive)
84 300SD Daily driver
85 300TD almost 400k miles and driven daily.
98 E300D *sold
86 300SDL *sold and made flawless 10 hour journey to new home.

If it was me I would ask these guys: http://www.torklift.com/

They are down the street from me and are experts.

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra

They don't appear to offer a hitch for any model of Benz. I'm sure how expert they could be.

Actual selling prices and sale prices are usually wayyyy lower than MSRP. I see this all the time with music equipment--sometimes talking 50%+ off

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TC
Current stable:
- 2004 Mazda RALLYWANKEL
- 2007 Saturn sky redline
- 2004 Explorer...under surgery.

Past: 135i, GTI, 300E, 300SD, 300SD, Stealth

It usually pays to check around. I prolly checked out 5 or 6 vendors, including e-bay, before buying from Whitney. IIRC, the freight charge and return policy/guarantee from Whitney was the clincher over e-bay.