Vintage Mcculloch ID?

[skip sail]

Picked up two heavyweight MCCullochs today,they appear identical except the pull starts are on opposite sides(seems odd,but i know next to nothing about Macs)
They are either 7-40's or 1-72's, or a similar model.
Any tips on ID'ing them greatly appreciated!

 

[Al Smith]

It should be stamped on the bottom of the stuffer .

 

[skip sail]

Great! Found it, the one on the left is stamped 740 840,so its one of either,serial 41465
the one on the right is faint but appears to be 1-86 serial 4032

 

[Mark71gtx]

Normally there will be a line or something through the model that the saw is not. Here is what it looked like on my 380.

 

[skip sail]

no line,just 740 840

 

[Mark71gtx]

That's unfortunate. I did a little digging. The 740 weighs 23 1/2 pounds pho, the 840 weighs 27 1/2 pounds pho. Put it on the scale and you can have your ID.

 

[Lee H]

The one stamped 740, 840 is a model 740 as it's a direct drive.
The 840 would be the same saw but geardrive. The one stamped
1-86 should be a geardrive but it's not so it's probably a 1-76.
That one has also been converted to left hand start as they were
right hand from the factory.

 

[skip sail]

Great info,thankyou folks !