Out of curiosity I just went to blackslinks.com and then to eq2fighters.
I'm not sure if crusaders get much in terms of range attacks, if any. It's hard to tell. The other pal sites there seem to be eq1, but you can check em.
The Pal who told me he can pull at range may have meant that some "abilities" have more range than melee range - so it's a bit of a 'range attack' - maybe enough to let you safely pull that solo mob that's near a group of mobs.
Hopefully someone who has played a crusader to a higher lvl than my wife's will come along and post better info. Sorry and GL.