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I'd say that for any three-wheel configuration it's definitely best to have two up front.

I remember driving, in the 1960s, 3-wheeled Cushman golf carts at the place where I caddied. Every so often, a member would roll one into a sand trap or, more flamboyantly, a particular pond on the 3rd hole. Single steered wheel up front. Cushman stopped making those.

In the early 1980s, one of my nephews -- the one who might have become governor, or rich, or a Rhodes scholar -- died about 10 seconds after accepting an offer to try out a friend's 3-wheel (single steered wheel up front) ATV. A momentary lapse in judgment at age 13. They don't make those anymore.

Anyhoo, I think it is fair to say that trikes with single wheels up front do not compare favorably to 4 wheels, and perhaps not to two, at least in the lifespan department. Two wheels up front seems much less problematic from a momentum, inertia and survival standpoint. But your anecdotal mileage may vary.
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Jim


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