TRUCK TIRE HAVING TREAD DESIGN WITH ALTERNATING FEATURE FOR REDUCING ABNORMAL WEAR

A heavy truck tire is provided that has a plurality of tread zones located at different locations in a lateral direction of the tread and configured for engaging a road. The first tread zone has a first max tan(δ), and a second tread zone located next to the first tread zone in the lateral direction has a second max tan(δ) is different than the first max tan(δ). The second tread zone is between the first tread zone and a third tread zone. The third tread zone has a third max tan(δ) that is the same as or close to the first max tan(δ). The first, second and third max tan(δ) are all within the range from 0.01-0.30. Also, either the first max tan(δ) is at least 0.05 greater than the second max tan(δ) or the second max tan(δ) is at least 0.05 greater than the first max tan(δ).