I got tired of the class one hitch that I had on my 240D and decided to make a much stronger one.

I used all 1/4in steel and it fits up nicely under the bumper and should be as strong if not stronger then the euro type hitches.

I'm going to have a mechanical engineer friend put some numbers too it so I can see what I could tow with it if needed.

Have a look and excuse the paint, it started out black then I ran out so I coated it in red... looks like **** but all the welds are good and you can't really see it anyways.

http://picasaweb.google.com/GWCullen/240DTrailerHitch

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1998 Mercedes E300TD

1983 Mercedes 240D Turbo, 131bar injectors, Cosworth intercooler and 63' Ford Falcon radiator, Ardic Parking heater, Headlight wipers, Best 38.6mpg.

1973 Saab 96 Rally Car, 1.8l V4 with all the race bits

that does look nice (would look nicer if it was black) and do not forget to post the # of lbs that it can hold.

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'81 300D - swapped to a 617.951 turbo motor with a 150 amp alt.

If it connects to a 240D then I don't think it matters what the hitch will hold!
As stated, pull that thing back off and paint it black. It looks good....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

That's nice.

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83 SD

84 CD

That hitch is just what I have been looking for. Thank you for posting the pictures of the hitch installation. I plan to build one similar to yours. Well done!

I'll try and get some measurements and build instruction up at some point after I have it modeled and the stress analysis done.

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1998 Mercedes E300TD

1983 Mercedes 240D Turbo, 131bar injectors, Cosworth intercooler and 63' Ford Falcon radiator, Ardic Parking heater, Headlight wipers, Best 38.6mpg.

1973 Saab 96 Rally Car, 1.8l V4 with all the race bits