Patent ID: 7048023
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: B60C,C08L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An agricultural or industrial tire comprising a casing and a rubber tread disposed radially outwardly of the casing, the tread having an inner tread and a plurality of tread lugs projecting radially from the inner tread, the tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 30 to 100 phr of high trans random SBR comprising from about 3 to about 30 percent by weight of styrene and a trans 1,4 butadiene content in the polybutadiene segments of the SBR of greater than 60 percent by weight, wherein said high trans random SBR is produced by a process that comprises copolymerizing styrene and 1,3-butadiene in an organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst system that is comprised of (B) from about zero to about 70 phr of at least one additional elastomer.