You can pull the same crankbsit behind big boards as you would with in line boards.But from guys who fish a lot ,they think that using mono and inline boards produces better than braid and big boards.As for difficulty bringing cranks up,that is not a tuning problem.The bigger the lip the harder they dive/pull.If a crank is not tuned properly,that lure will swim to one side.Bending the eye the opposite direction the crank is swimming will make the crank swim straighter.