Greetings...our venerable 2007 ML350 with 287,000+ miles is in need of a bicycle rack; needs to be suitable for wife/daughter to load their road bikes. .Im not in need of a rack as I ply the local roads w my classic Gary Fisher mountain bike...

I looked under the rear of the ML and didnt see anything that looked like a hitch mount. I think I have a hitch from when I bought it Way Back When.

Any advice from fellow ML350 owners welcome..

 

This is the one I have:

 

Now I need to go find out how to put a trailer hitch on the ML...didn't see an easy way to do that

 

U-Haul or similar can install a hitch (drawbar). Thule and Saris make well-accepted hitch racks.

I have a Thule mounted on roof crossbars on the GLE350, but that might not be easy/possible for your wife and daughter to load.

 

And thanks for the tip about uhaul....

 

I bought my hitch from etrailer for around $180.

https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hit...ID=20091014653

I got bored the afternoon it arrived, and did it myself- very easy.

I didn’t want to try installing the wiring, so had Uhaul do it. They charged me around $160 to install wiring, which wasn’t bad because the wiring harness (part CMF59200) was $75 of that. So they basically installed it for $85 labor.

I did this so I could tow our boat or utility trailer, but also use a hitch mounted bike rack. I thought about using a roof rack, but I can totally see my A.D.D. *** accidentally driving into a parking garage or drive-through forgetting about our bikes on top haha.

 

My wife went out and bought a Thule. DATL...we just have bikes...so we have an appointment w UHaul to mount it. I could do it but my spouse doesnt trust my mechanical skills...so will let a pro do it. :|

 

And yes...I could see me do a Three Stooges move w a roof rack as well !