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Originally Posted by busman
Need a bumper hitch for a 300 TD 123 series wagon. New ones are like $485.00. I don't need a reciever type, just a bumper hitch. Does anybody have a used one for sale?
Thanks
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Were you thinking about a simple universal hitch that attaches to your bumper? The location of the TD fuel-tank hinders installing a simple center-mount hitch. What size & weight of trailer are you planning to pull?
While the 5-mph bumper on these cars is pretty sturdy, they, and their shock-mounts, aren't really designed for towing stresses.
As I understand, Mercedes never marketed a factory hitch for the US bumper W123 cars. The best aftermarket hitch (the Kurt or Curt) is a design that fastens to the bolts that attach the bumper-shocks to the body, and dosen't fasten to the bumper at all. It also has reinforcing braces that go fprward to attach under the unibody frame-rails. Unforunately, that may be the $485 hitch you're referring to.
There have been other simple aftermarket hitches that clamped around the shock-tubes and bolted to the underside of the bumper, but those will likely interfere with the bumper function in a rear impact.
Happy Motoring, Mark