Bars interchange between 346xp and 359?

I had been focusing on a 346xp until I was told that there was no bar in 24 inch length that fit that saw. So I began looking into the 359 saw. Oregon has a 24 inch for the 359, and the retailer I will likely buy from offers the 359 with a 24 inch bar. On Bailey's site, I plug in the Oregon number 240RNDK095, and look at the applications list, and the 346 is listed as well as the 359 as compatible saws for this bar. If I could put the 24 bar with a skip tooth blade on the 346xp, I would drop the 359 as the choice and stay with the 346xp, which is what I wanted from the beginning. Am I interpreting the information incorrectly? I thought someone along the way had said the bars were different on the 346 and 359. By the way, I do not intend on using the 24 inch bar routinely, merely to knock the trunks into round on some oversized trees I can't walk away from.

Dingeryote said:

346xp uses the small mount Husky bar,(095 in Oregon speak) so finding a 24" bar that will fit shouldn't be a problem.

The real issue is the oiler keeping up on a 24" bar and running skip. The poor thing just wasn't designed for delivering the needed volume for extended bucking on larger stems and a 24" bar.
The 20" bar is about all the oiler will support without mods.

For the bigger stuff, a good 60-70cc saw is darn handy to have around.

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You would stay with the 359 then? My understanding of skip tooth was that it would reduce drag on the engine, thus offsetting the effects of the longer bar?

If I look at what I did over the last year and a half, I would have bucked 3 trees where I would have put a 24 inch bar on the saw. I would only used it because the 18/20 that I would use otherwise, couldn't complete the cut. Simply put, any trunk that exceeds 36 inches in diameter. They are few and far between, but they exist, and I don't want to leave them. I won't leave them. To date, I have noodled and wedged these into quarters. It is allot of work, which I don't mind, but I currently have access to allot of good wood and time is becoming more of a factor. Most times, I have more time to deal with the available wood than I have wood. Also, a particular tree I have yet to buck is quite large, and in a precarious situation. See pic below (note a dollar bill is hanging on the bark in pic 2 for reference). A suspended truck that will bear multiple cords on it's own is available to me. It is also currently stopping me from working any further from the limb end due to concern of weight balance and losing the entire tree to the bottom of an embankment that will make removal a serious chore. This is the primary reason a new saw is on the immediate horizon. In fact I had won an ebay auction for a 359 that unfortunately did not transpire. I have a dealer that I can have a 359 with spare chain for 495 at my door with a 20 inch bar. I would then get a separate 24 inch bar and chain just for these large trunks.

I always buy as good as possible with tools. However, and especially now with work as slow as it has been, dollars are limited. That 372 is over 800 and that is flat out of the question. I won't entertain used or ebay items from here-on either. They bring too high a dollar with to many unknowns. There is a seller on ebay selling new 365's and is driving distance from me. However, like many CL or ebay sellers of "New" Huskys, when I ask of the authenticity of the saw, or for a serial number to verify it is real, I never hear from them again. Husky saws are being knocked off at an alarming rate. I don't know why it is not being addressed. They are all over the place and out in the open. Anyway, it will be a new one and max cost 500 for me.