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The weight on each of the 3 wheels is fairly even so the CoG will be very close to 1/3 of the wheelbase back from the front wheels.
Believe it or not I did once measure the corner weights, must have been bored that day! Didn't even write them down as I couldn't think of a use for them at the time. Very good info indeed! I was expecting something like that! Quite forward. That's the reason for the thread! Imagine I place the axle(s) just in the middle of the 3 wheeler = I would have a hell of a weight at the end of the trailer nose!
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Since you mentioned "the cares shock absorbers and brakes" you have me concerned you are going to pull a large enough trailer for a M3W with a car. Together you probably looking at adding a couple of thousand of pounds. Todays cars and transmissions are not made for than kind of load. We have a "trailer package" Ford explorer to haul our trailer. That's true. The set of the M3W plus the trailer will be around 2000 pounds! However I have an SUV with permanent 4x4, with a V6 300hp diesel engine, with huge torque. I can pull 3,5 tons according to the specifications. If I had another kind of car, I would think twice about trailing the M3W, despite it's considered a "light weight". And the trailer will have an inertial braking system (not sure if you call it this way in English...  ) that will reduce the workload of the SUV's brakes.
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I am now relieved! When we got our explorer, we made sure it had the heavy duty transmission made for towing.
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I asked MMC if they can tell us the exact balance point of the M3W. I got a reply saying they'll come back soon with this "interesting" information I'm asking for. Hope they'll really tell me.... 
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I asked another question about hose temperature ratings and got a similar answer, “nobody has ever asked that before”, and wonder of wonders they did get back to me with those numbers.
The balance point might be a bit more obscure.
The light at the end of the tunnel is actually a train. 2019 M3W
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Maybe they already have the answer. If not, maybe the question teases them enough to make a test and find it! 
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somehow this reminds me of the title of an early Moody Blues album.....
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somehow this reminds me of the title of an early Moody Blues album..... The Moody Blues... I'm only 45 but know them quite Good as the guy playing the keyboards - Patrtick Moraz - is a cousin of my father. Fun guy.
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oh dear..... that was the replacement guy
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oh dear..... that was the replacement guy Yes he was…. or not? Remember the story ended up in trial  His first group was precisely Yes? Or Mainhorse…. My father has few albums dedicated and signed by his cousin
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