I am sure I am prolly going to get flamed for asking this question, but I was brought up to be better safe than sorry. This is my first time towing anything and I have what I am guessing is a really stupid question. I am going to be towing a trailer with my 04 F-150 5.4L. It is a fairly light trailer and wont have much weight in it. I went and bought a hitch today. I figured it would just slide right in and I would be done, alas, it doesn't seem so simple. On the factory tow package, there are two through wholes to line up a hitch. My trailer hitch will line up with both of them. So my question is which one do I use (or does it even matter). If needed I took some pictures and I can post them here for reference if I am not making any sense.

Thanks in advance for any help.
-Chris

 

Furthest "In" Position, Up close


Furthest "In" Position, Whole hitch


Furthest "Out" Position, Up close


Furthest "Out" Position, Whole hitch



Thanks again for any help.
-Chris

 

Furthest in position is the strongest. The further out position would make it easier to back up your trailer and get alittle more of a angle on it. Hope that makes sense!

 

That is awesome, thank you for the help. So, if I understand correctly, I can use either. Big eavy trailer, use the inward hole, light trailer, more manueverability, outward hole.

Thanks for the help.

-Chris

 

Correct!