Front Deck Labs

Name: Front Deck Labs
Address: Elk River, MN, 55330, US
Telephone: +16124240716

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Welcome to Front Deck Labs all things Boating Electronics consulting, installation and training in the greater Minnesota region

05/14/2026

Another job in the books. Added all new batteries, new chargers, added a new Lowrance HDS Pro 12 with AI 3-1 transducer, ran dedicated power to each unit and put in new power switches and distribution panel.

04/20/2026

Trolling motor "surgery" today.

If you have the first generation of the Lowrance Ghost trolling motor you know just how bad the directional arrow is. Especially if you're doing forward facing sonar.

Lowrance came out with an upgrade kit that allows you to get the same arrow as the Ghost X trolling motor.

Hit me up if you want to get yours upgraded.

04/19/2026

Repeat customer, wanted to change a few things up. Added a Garmin gpsmap 1643 to the side console, moved their Ecomap 126sv up front along with a new Lowrance HDS Pro 12.

Also installed a second Livescope system for the front of the boat, just waiting on a new trolling motor mount for the transducer.

01/31/2026

Lower unit referb on a Minnkota Ultrex. Discovered a bunch of fishing line and a bad seal on the main shaft. Once I dug into it found a ton of corrosion.

Replaced all the brushes, the armature, new bearings, seals and fittings.

Good as new.

07/15/2025

Quick rigging job completed. Repeat customer wanted this Hydrowave unit installed next to their "command center" and wired into their existing power distribution system.

06/21/2025

New replacement board has been swapped in and customer is back in business.

06/13/2025

Came in with a dead Minn Kota Ultrex. After ensuring the batteries were still good, getting 13v on every battery and getting 36v at the front of the boat I started digging into the foot pedal and after removing the bottom plate I quickly discovered the issue.

Had a standing water issue and the corrosion kicked in and rusted away the main power feed and caused the main board to fail.

Parts are now on order and will get them back up and running shortly.

05/09/2025

Another satisfied customer.

They were looking to add an Terrova to their pontoon to take their kids out fishing and have spot lock.

Used the MKA32 quick disconnect adapter plate and bolted that down to the deck.

Then wired it up with 6AWG marine grade power wire and topped it off with a pair of deep cycle batteries and a charger.

Taking a break for a bit to get some fishing in but if you're looking for work done hit me up and we'll see what the schedule will allow.

Have a great opener everyone!

05/08/2025

Another satisfied customer. Swapped out the Monn Kota Terrova for the new Recon trolling motor and got all of his units networked together and connected to the Recon so he can control from the bow or rear console.

I also mounted up his Lowrance Carbon 16 with the Flex mount.

Then finished off the setup moving all his electronics to a new dedicated group 24 100ah lithium and a new Gen5 X1 lithium charger.

All done and ready to go for fishing opener this weekend.

05/04/2025

Before and after.

Gauge cluster relocation for an in- dash Garmin 73sv to have mapping front and center.

I custom cut a sheet of HDPE to match the stock gauge cluster plate then cut it out for the new Garmin unit.

Address

Elk River, MN
55330

Telephone

+16124240716

Website

http://www.frontdecklabs.com/

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