sway bar mounting advice

Hi,
we recently purchased an R-pod 172 an got the Curt 17200 sway bar and need advise from someone who may have used this model of bar. My question is when mounting on the tongue, the screw holes for the sway bar seem very close to the edge of the tongue frame. Is it safe to go ahead and drill these in or does it need to be welded to the tongue? The tongue frame is not very wide and about the same width as the bracket that needs to be mounted. I need to get a different sway bar bracket welded to the hitch anyway and would like to do it all at once if necessary. Advise and especially some close up pictures of how yours is mounted would be very appreciated!
Thanks!
Dean

Wow! That bracket is definitely narrower than mine or Forest River has increased the width of the tongue. The screw holes on my bracket are right on edges of the frame. Is that a Curt bracket and sway bar?

Originally posted by MurphDog Wow! That bracket is definitely narrower than mine or Forest River has increased the width of the tongue. The screw holes on my bracket are right on edges of the frame. Is that a Curt bracket and sway bar?

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