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Byron....as I replied on the other forum...the weight bias of the load has little to do with positioning the load in the trailer. You're looking to get 10-15% of the total weight of the trailer and all cargo on the tongue. Ideally, I like to get the lower end of the range, as I always manage to find additional equipment to load up after I get the gross weight figured out....but, I always add this additional weight in front of the axles, so it evens out.
Take your trailer and car loaded up to a trailer shop. Most of them have a scale that can measure tongue weight, and they will use that scale to help you position your car in the trailer for the proper tongue weight. You'll need the weight of the car, and the weight of the trailer...most trailers have a data placard on them. Using that information, you'll be right on target.
I've towed my SPF over 35K miles in my 20' Pace American, plus another 10K, give or take, pulling a 911 Carrera on an open trailer. Trust me...there's NOTHING that even comes close to the experience of having several thousand dollars worth of trailer, racecar, wheels and tires swaying back and forth at over 70 MPH!!!  It'll push you from one side of the hiway to the other...and don't even try to touch the brakes...or you'll lose control of the whole mess. If you're trailer tonguie weight is too little, you can look forward to this....and it ain't fun!!! 
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