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[QUOTE]MACK - 8/13/2007  1:03 PM

Check your vehicles towing capacity and what it's rated for. Even if it came from the factory without a tow package, the vehicle will still be rated for towing capacity.

I tow our Crestliner 1750 with a 90 hp two-stroke motor with our '02 Chevy Trailblazer (same thing as the Envoy) with no problems. I've even had five adults, the back end of the Trailblazer loaded to the gills with coolers, beverages, ice, groceries, luggage as I pulled the boat on vacation a few weeks back...no problems. Still got around 15 mpg. Stopping on a dime would have been trouble....but you can't expect to do that with a boat behind you and that much weight in the vehicle. Have to plan your stopping distances. Don't tailgate.

You should be fine as long as you don't overload your boat and put too much weight back there and end up pushing your Envoy.

I've seen people pull the 1850s with a little S10 Blazer, which is far smaller than your Envoy. Just gotta be smart.

If your Envoy didn't come from the factory with the tow package....what type of hitch system did you have mounted to your car? Hopefully one that's welded on and not bolted on? Hopefully one rated to the capacity that your 1850 needs. One that can handle the tongue weight that your 1850 presents?

Even though your Envoy didn't come from the factory with the tow package...I'd guess it's still a four-wheel disc brake vehicle? I'd guess with the Envoy, there probably wasn't even an model of that year that would come with rear drum brakes?[/QUOTE]

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Posted 8/13/2007 1:03 PM (#269755 - in reply to #269739)
Subject: Re: Towing your Crestliner 1850 Fish Hawk

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Check your vehicles towing capacity and what it's rated for. Even if it came from the factory without a tow package, the vehicle will still be rated for towing capacity.

I tow our Crestliner 1750 with a 90 hp two-stroke motor with our '02 Chevy Trailblazer (same thing as the Envoy) with no problems. I've even had five adults, the back end of the Trailblazer loaded to the gills with coolers, beverages, ice, groceries, luggage as I pulled the boat on vacation a few weeks back...no problems. Still got around 15 mpg. Stopping on a dime would have been trouble....but you can't expect to do that with a boat behind you and that much weight in the vehicle. Have to plan your stopping distances. Don't tailgate.

You should be fine as long as you don't overload your boat and put too much weight back there and end up pushing your Envoy.

I've seen people pull the 1850s with a little S10 Blazer, which is far smaller than your Envoy. Just gotta be smart.

If your Envoy didn't come from the factory with the tow package....what type of hitch system did you have mounted to your car? Hopefully one that's welded on and not bolted on? Hopefully one rated to the capacity that your 1850 needs. One that can handle the tongue weight that your 1850 presents?

Even though your Envoy didn't come from the factory with the tow package...I'd guess it's still a four-wheel disc brake vehicle? I'd guess with the Envoy, there probably wasn't even an model of that year that would come with rear drum brakes?

Edited by MACK 8/13/2007 1:06 PM