I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

Located Pomona (Los Angeles County), California

Cross-posted to several groups. Please, no flamers.

Thanks in advance!

Sue Sanchez

I can confirm the hitches are the same, we've used the same one on our 85
740 GLE, 89 740 16-Valve GLE, and our 93 960. Wagon each time, I would
assume no difference to the sedans - but get someone to confirm this for
independant rear suspension models.
"sue sanchez" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

Located Pomona (Los Angeles County), California

Cross-posted to several groups. Please, no flamers.

Thanks in advance!

Sue Sanchez

(sue sanchez) wrote:

I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

My Volvo dealer recommended U-Haul. I got their trailer hitch and it
works perfectly. Class I or Class II inserts. It is custom made for
Volvos and didn't require any modifications to the car. It cost a
fraction of what a Volvo hitch costs.

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Owned '67,'68,'71,'74,'79,'81,'87,'93,'95 & '02 Volvos.
The '67,'74,'79,'87,'95 and '02 through European Delivery.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman/volvo.html

Try http://www.uhaul.com

They have one for my BMW 330i. I don't plan on trailering. I just want to use
a bike rack so the little women doesn't need the "truck" for her bike trips.

Dan


sue sanchez wrote:

I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

Located Pomona (Los Angeles County), California

Cross-posted to several groups. Please, no flamers.

Thanks in advance!

Sue Sanchez

"sue sanchez" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

Located Pomona (Los Angeles County), California

Cross-posted to several groups. Please, no flamers.

Thanks in advance!

Sue Sanchez

I had UHaul install a hitch on my car (a Honda) and thought
the price & performance have been fine.

"Gary Warner" wrote in message
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"sue sanchez" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

Located Pomona (Los Angeles County), California

Cross-posted to several groups. Please, no flamers.

Thanks in advance!

Sue Sanchez

I had UHaul install a hitch on my car (a Honda) and thought
the price & performance have been fine.

The one fitted to my 940 estate didn't fit correctly and the installer had
'modified' the exhaust so that it hit the suspension on fullish compression.
I think it was for a 740, didn't seem to be a Volvo unit so I got rid of it
since it was not much use to me anyway.

--
Tony Stanley ++Always Learning++

U-Haul gave me an estimate of $319 for installed hitch and wiring
harness, which isn't too bad.

However, my thought is that there must be old hitches out there on
cars no longer being used as tow vehicles and I might get one cheap.
I'll try calling junkyards next.

Thanks though

"Gary Warner" wrote in message news I had UHaul install a hitch on my car (a Honda) and thought
the price & performance have been fine.

U-Haul gave me an estimate of $319 for installed hitch and wiring
harness, which isn't too bad.

However, my thought is that there must be old hitches out there on
cars no longer being used as tow vehicles and I might get one cheap.
I'll try calling junkyards next.

Thanks though

"Stephen M. Henning" wrote in message ...
(sue sanchez) wrote:

I'm looking to buy a used trailer hitch for my 1990 Volvo 740 GL.
Class I or Class II (which essentially means, "any Class).

I believe that the hitches for the 740, 760, 940, and 960 are
identical.

My Volvo dealer recommended U-Haul. I got their trailer hitch and it
works perfectly. Class I or Class II inserts. It is custom made for
Volvos and didn't require any modifications to the car. It cost a
fraction of what a Volvo hitch costs.

U-Haul gave me an estimate of $319 for installed hitch and wiring
harness, which isn't too bad.

However, my thought is that there must be old hitches out there on
cars no longer being used as tow vehicles and I might get one cheap.
I'll try calling junkyards next.

Go with U-Haul. The iron itself is not that big a deal, but the installation
is. Cutting
a hitch off an old wreck and then giving your neighbor a sixpack to weld it up
for you.....and then trying to wire it properly,
is a lot of work save a piddly $319.

The guys at U-Haul probably aren't rocket scientists, but they do specialize in
installing hitches and can probably do a better job on the 1751st hitch job
than you would do on your very first.

Considering the dollar value of the trailer and load, the hitch and the
installation is a poor place, IMO, to economize.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...

Go with U-Haul. The iron itself is not that big a deal, but the
installation
is. Cutting
a hitch off an old wreck and then giving your neighbor a sixpack to weld
it up
for you.....and then trying to wire it properly,
is a lot of work save a piddly $319.

The guys at U-Haul probably aren't rocket scientists, but they do
specialize in
installing hitches and can probably do a better job on the 1751st hitch
job
than you would do on your very first.

Considering the dollar value of the trailer and load, the hitch and the
installation is a poor place, IMO, to economize.


I agree. When I bought my Plymouth Voyager new, I asked the Chrysler dealer
where I should get a hitch installed. he said they could do it but advised
me to go across the street to U-Haul. No problems 9 years later and
counting.
Do it once and do it right.