New tires
We just bought a used 2006 forest River gts with only 5217 miles on it but original tires we want to get new ones where and what would you get its are first time owning an kind of camper and help woul...
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A tire dealer can look up the Offset Requirements for the existing and proposed tires. Then measure Offset of the Rims. Offset is the distance from the center of one mounted rim to the center of the other. For one wheel, distance from center to mounting face.
Say your old tires require 9" offset and your rims are 10". That's OK. Extra space between sidewalls doesn't hurt a thing. Now say your new tires require 11" offset but the rims are 10". No good! Sidewalls will rub and the tires will fail.
A tire dealer can look up the Offset Requirements for the existing and proposed tires. Then measure Offset of the Rims. Offset is the distance from the center of one mounted rim to the center of the other. For one wheel, distance from center to mounting face.
Say your old tires require 9" offset and your rims are 10". That's OK. Extra space between sidewalls doesn't hurt a thing. Now say your new tires require 11" offset but the rims are 10". No good! Sidewalls will rub and the tires will fail.
