As for the tail dragger verses the nose wheel I'll say this: The nose wheel 150/150's work fine as long as the surface is firm. If there are any unknowns on the landing surfaces the chances of digging in a nose wheel are too great. If you always practice soft field technic you will minimize your chances but often times the problems happen while trying to turn around.
I think the 0-360 172 is capable of the 1000' strip but you will have to be very mindful of your load. As you know, there is a lot more room inside those 172's and at gross I would think the 172 might struggle on that short of a strip especially if the ground was soft.


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