Abstract: A radial tire for heavy load vehicles having a steel cord-reinforced belt interposed between the carcass of radial structure and the tread, which comprises a rubber reinforcing layer extending from the center toward the edges along the inside of the tread and having at least one quarter the tread width, said rubber reinforcing layer being made of a rubber composition containing resorcin or a resorcin derivative as a reinforcing agent in addition to carbon black and silica and also containing hexamethylenetetramine or a melamine derivative as a methylene donor, said rubber reinforcing layer having a reinforcing factor of 2.2 to 5.7 which is defined by .sqroot.E'.multidot.d [where E' denotes the dynamic modulus (MPa) of the rubber reinforcing layer and d denotes the thickness (mm) of the rubber reinforcing layer].

Abstract: A tire tread rubber composition including a diene rubber and at least one of silica and carbon black, the composition being characterized in that the amount of extract (E) defined below satisfies the equation (1) and that a hard filler 0.01 to 5 mm in mean particle size and at least 100kg/mm.sup.2 in Knoop hardness is used in an amount of 3 to 80 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the component rubber of the composition subjected to extraction with acetone/chloroform after the vulcanization of the composition, wherein said equation isE<0.4 (A-38)(1)wherein E and A are as defined in the specification.