A pity indeed that I'm not closer.
One reason this got rescued was the sound alloy deck, it also had a good throttle lever and I haven't played around before with an OHV Honda mower motor. My other Honda is a side valve Craftsman, and I have some Chondas.
What is wrong with alloy decks BTW?? Most of my steel decked rescues have more rust than steel.
The HRU is a Buffalo version, from my brief research (only got it on Wednesday evening) seems they were a good model. I've slashed about 500 sq metres of tough stuff with it and apart from being tough to push because of the buggered wheels it does like to chomp even at low rpm.