I've had my 460 rancher almost 3 years now and have never ran anything but Husquvarna 2 cycle oil and 90 octane non ethanol gas. I was cleaning my garage and found 2 large unopened bottles of 2 stroke oil. One Poulan brand and the other Walmart brand (SuperTech). My wife and I are both out of work and not wanting to spend any more money than we have to. So my question is, does anyone see any issue using these oils? I have a tons of trees to cut and figure this is a good opportunity to use up this oil I found without having to buy the OEM stuff. What is your opinion or experience using cheaper s cycle oil?
Run it, it will be fine...if its regular old dino juice, then mix at 32:1...if its synthetic you could stretch it out to 40:1...there are lots of oils out there that claim to be fine to 50:1...but that is
not much oil to lube your engine...I personally won't run that lean on oil!
2 strokes just need a little oil...they don't care what kind of oil...you mix the gas/oil to what is recommended by the oil manufacturer, not the engine manufacturer. There could be exceptions to that for certain engines/applications if it is something particularly high performance or severe duty...but for ordinary OPE, the main things you need for them to run well for a long time are quality fuel (E free is best, but E fuel usually works fine if not left to set around, or if you run an ethanol treatment in the fuel (like Startron) and most OPE engines do not need high octane fuel...you are wasting your money on it if that is what you are running (unless that is the only way you can get E free) anyways, running good fuel, oil mixed to the proper ratio (for that oil) a clean well sealed air filter, and carb properly adjusted, makes for a happy chainsaw/weed-eater/blower, dirt bike, snowmobile, whatever.
Back in the day they used to recommend running regular old motor oil for 2 stroke mix...at like 20:1 (and stronger!) talk about smoke and carbon build up! Now, those old antique engines run even better on modern oil...but no need to mix at 20:1, 32:1, or even 40:1 (for synthetic) works fine!
I got a big chuckle when I went to help some old duffers take down a row of pine trees at a nearby church...I brought my own stuff, but they wanted to "help"...so they pull out their 1970's saws and after 20 minutes of dorkin around with them, got them running...but man, talk about smoke! They were still running the old motor oil mix that the owners manual called for...they had no idea they could run modern oils at modern ratios...and they both had junk chains that they said "were just sharpened at the shop"...I dunno if they put them on backwards or what, but if I had paid someone to sharpen a chain, and it cut like that, I think I would take it back and wrap it around their neck! I was making 10 cuts to their 1...and the smoke...from both their mufflers and their chains...like I said, it was really funny! And of course being old timers they didn't want to hear any advice from someone half their age, so I just let them do their thing. I cut 90% of the wood myself...the 2 of them cut the other 10% (and it wasn't that they were feeble, it was all about their saws!)
Anyways, the only time you need to run the mixture that the manual states is if you are running the exact oil that the manual states...change oil, might need to change oil/fuel ratio too.
And the manufacturers can't force you to run their oil either...even though they wanna act like it...they make more money on selling you oil over the life of the saw than they do selling you the saw...that's why they will extend your warranty if you buy a pack of their synthetic oil when you buy the saw new (Stihl, and I am pretty sure Husky does this too) they want to get you "hooked" on their high priced oil. (And yes it is good oil, its just that there is equally good oil, and better, out there, and often times for less $$)
I run Yamalube 2S at 32:1 in every 2 stroke engine I own (and over the years its been a BUNCH!)...have never blown one up...well, I did blow up my 1978 Yamaha MX100 dirt bike, but that was when I was a kid, and it was WORE THE HECK OUT! Oh, and I was running Klotz oil too, so not an oil related failure, just completely shot. A fresh top and it was good to go again.
Yamalube 2S at 32:1 does not visibly smoke once off choke and warmed up a bit.
No more little blue coils on mine! 
I'm sure if I ever catch a whiff of it again it will send my mind right back to a point of time in my childhood though. I have that happen to me on occasion. Crazy what our olfactory system does with aromas! 
