On Oct 31, 4:20 am, wrote:
160-180 lbs nose weight sounds a lot. About 100 would be my preference
for stability, 50 or less to make it easier to manhandle but with some
sacrifice of stability...

Just as a reference point, while using glider trailers to haul molds
and tooling around I've occasionally had to drive long distance with
zero tongue weight. Stability didn't seem to be a problem at all,
though I was pretty constantly worried about having the tongue lift
off the tow ball. We checked it often.