Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch - me too?

2005-09-27 Thread carstuff
I'm handy with a welder, I'd like to see the drawing also if possible. thanks -chris g > ---Original Message--- > From: OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch > Sent: 17 Sep '05 17:47 > > I'd

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread OK Don
I'd like that drawing - no sense in re-inventing something! Thanks. On 9/17/05, Hans Neureiter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I posted somewhere in the past a drawing for a Class I/II hitch that mounts > where the bumper attaches to the body. > The dimensions are for a 126 chassis but can be modifie

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Steve MacSween
o: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 12:54 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch > > >> >> Then just go to a welding shop and tell them you want >> a class II hitch. They will find enought she

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Bob Rentfro
lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch Did not notice the rating issue, good point ...I had, some place a URL of another Hitch site went for $500. Can't recall the rating I found this info on a Google search a year or

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Mike Canfield
and have a hitch made, but BOLT it to the frame/chasis of the car if you want it to stay there and be safe. Mike - Original Message - From: "Karl Wittnebel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Hans Neureiter
I posted somewhere in the past a drawing for a Class I/II hitch that mounts where the bumper attaches to the body. The dimensions are for a 126 chassis but can be modifies to fit any chassis and can be beefed up to a Class III. My cost was ~ $ 75 for material and labor. I can pass the drawing (jp

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Karl Wittnebel
Then just go to a welding shop and tell them you want a class II hitch. They will find enought sheet metal under there to tack it to. I did the DeLan hitch and the muffler rubs on it - PITA. But it pulls a small trailer just fine. I wouldn't recommend using that tranny to pull anything heavier an

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Bill Gallagher
Did not notice the rating issue, good point ...I had, some place a URL of another Hitch site went for $500. Can't recall the rating I found this info on a Google search a year or more ago MB hitches are expensive . bill Mitch Haley wrote: Bill Gallagher wrote: THIS Place

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Mitch Haley
Bill Gallagher wrote: > > THIS Place sell one one for about $345.00.. it's brand new . > > http://www.etrailer.com/products.asp?model=300TD&category=hitch&year=1981&make=Mercedes-Benz&t1=&h=e > Looks great for pulling a lawnmower or Hobie Cat, but a class 1 hitch has a lower rating than a

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-17 Thread Bill Gallagher
THIS Place sell one one for about $345.00.. it's brand new . http://www.etrailer.com/products.asp?model=300TD&category=hitch&year=1981&make=Mercedes-Benz&t1=&h=e Bill 1981 300 td Steve MacSween wrote: Dude, for $700 I'll MAKE you one here in my driveway. Just paypal me right away ;-). Se

Re: [MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-16 Thread Steve MacSween
Dude, for $700 I'll MAKE you one here in my driveway. Just paypal me right away ;-). Seriously, to whom were you speaking? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > got a reasonably priced solution? > > price? your phone? > > > > thanks, > > xx rick > Rick Hawkins > > www.javaphoto.com > ww

[MBZ] 300td 1982 trailer hitch

2005-09-16 Thread Rick Hawkins
Hello, got a reasonably priced solution? price? your phone? thanks, xx rick Rick Hawkins www.javaphoto.com www.javacycles.com payment by all major credit cards or by paypal Java Photo Java Bajaj Cycles 107 Paradise Boulevard Athens, Georgia 30607 706 354-0988 3-6 pm or later (eastern tim