Chevy Astro Van

[kevfish]

Will a Chevy astro van with a 4.3 litre 6 cyl. pull a 14 foot ice house?? the fish house weighs app. 2800 lbs.

[Borch]

I didn't have any trouble pulling my 21 ft camper with my astro van 4.3. Even through a bit of snow.

[LovenLifeGuy]

FYI, I work with a guy who had that van and had some trany damage while pulling a 1700 lund fishermen. He had a trany cooler put in that solved the problem. I also had a chevy s-10 zr2 with the 4.3 and pulled my lund 1800 explorer with it and begun to slip. I traded it in with 19,000 miles before I had any more problems. FYI

LovenLifeGuy

[Guest]

The 4.3 are great motors... the OD tranny's are iffy. You shouldnt have problems if you dont put it in OD.

An aftermarket tranny cooler would be wise if your planning on pushing it very hard for long distances, or very often.

[BillP]

That's a lot of fish house. I don;t know where you intend to put it but where I fish you don't always have a good road on the ice so I would worry more about getting stuck than about overheating and transmission damage and that sort of thing.

[Fishing Buddy]

Was that truck Red? I got mine s-10 zr2 from a dealer in Brooklyn Center. I have had noting but problems with the trany://www.fishingminnesota.com/forum/images/icons/frown.gif

[Whoaru99]

If you are going to do any towing beyond a small utility trailer I'd recommend a tranny cooler.

If you are going to do any serious towing, a tranny cooler and synthetic tranny fluid.