Towing a 2003 1750 Crestliner with a 2002 Trailblazer

[hoppe56307]

I am looking at purchasing a 2003 Crestliner Fish Hawk 1750, does anybody have a set up simular? How does it tow?

[fasternu]

I have a 1650 Crestliner Sport Angler, slightly smaller but similar to the fish hawk. I pull it with a 2005 Exploere v6 and have no problems at all, except for not the greatest mileage. If you keep your speeds reasonable, you should be able to tow it without any problems.

[hoppe56307]

Thanks fasternu, I had an Alumacraft Lunker V16 LTD which was about 16ft 9in long and i got about 17mpg but that with keeping the speed under 60.

I will just have to hook up to it and tow it around to see if I have the power to do it before I buy it.

[BoxMN]

I have 05 TB and it pulls an 18' alum boat with 150 just fine. I don't tow with it much though, I have half ton I use for it most of the time. But it works. You just need to go slower with the TB as braking is more an issue than power - it has power to get it going just fine, just need room to stop it

Good luck.

[MuskieJunkie]

I tow a Crestliner Sportfish 1750 w/115 with a V6 4runner. Works great and the gas mileage is good, no need for a full size truck or even a V8 for a boat like that in my opinion.

Although good brakes are important.

[Jeremy airjer W]

Four piston calipers VS. single piston, maybe dual. Its not even fair! lol

[huntercj]

I tow a 16'5 g3 with a chevy blazer its got the 4.3 v6 just allow extra room to stop and i only tow in 3 gear no overdrive.

[hoppe56307]

I tow a 16'5 g3 with a chevy blazer its got the 4.3 v6 just allow extra room to stop and i only tow in 3 gear no overdrive.

Yeah I leaned that the hard way and $2300 later for a new transfer case.

Thanks all for your responses.

[Jim Uran]

I tow my 17.5 ft Tyee/115hp with my 03 Trailblazer, 4200 Vortec.. gets the job done just fine.

[Tator2k]

I tow a 17' Princecraft with a V6 pacifica without an issue.

[solbes]

The 4.2L Inline 6 should be fine. Actually pretty good torque with that sixer. I agree with others that braking is more of a concern than pulling.

[Scott K]

Braking and handling are the things I would be most concerned with.