A heavy truck tire tread, comprising: a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, and a thickness direction, wherein the tread has a rolling direction that is in the longitudinal direction; and a tread groove that is not oriented completely in the longitudinal direction so as to extend in both the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, wherein the tread groove extends in the thickness direction from an outer surface of the tread, wherein the tread groove is at least partially defined by a leading edge wall and a trailing edge wall and a bottom surface; the heavy truck tire tread being characterized by further comprising: a plurality of stone ejectors engaging either the leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall but not both the leading edge wall and the trailing edge wall, wherein the stone ejectors face a continuous uninterrupted section of the non-engaged leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall, and wherein the non-engaged leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall is free from engagement with any of the plurality of stone ejectors or any other stone ejectors; wherein the tread has an average void depth that does not go past a twenty percent line, wherein the twenty percent line is twenty percent of a full void depth located from the outer surface of the tread, wherein the average void depth does not include decouple grooves and does not include the tread outboard from the decouple grooves in the lateral direction, wherein a decouple groove is a groove that extends primarily in the longitudinal direction and functions to decouple a shoulder block of the tread from an adjacent rib. a longitudinal direction, a lateral direction, and a thickness direction, wherein the tread has a rolling direction that is in the longitudinal direction; and a tread groove that is not oriented completely in the longitudinal direction so as to extend in both the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, wherein the tread groove extends in the thickness direction from an outer surface of the tread, wherein the tread groove is at least partially defined by a leading edge wall and a trailing edge wall and a bottom surface; the heavy truck tire tread being characterized by further comprising: a plurality of stone ejectors engaging either the leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall but not both the leading edge wall and the trailing edge wall, wherein the stone ejectors face a continuous uninterrupted section of the non-engaged leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall, and wherein the non-engaged leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall is free from engagement with any of the plurality of stone ejectors or any other stone ejectors; wherein the tread has an average void depth that does not go past a twenty percent line, wherein the twenty percent line is twenty percent of a full void depth located from the outer surface of the tread, wherein the average void depth does not include decouple grooves and does not include the tread outboard from the decouple grooves in the lateral direction, wherein a decouple groove is a groove that extends primarily in the longitudinal direction and functions to decouple a shoulder block of the tread from an adjacent rib. a plurality of stone ejectors engaging either the leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall but not both the leading edge wall and the trailing edge wall, wherein the stone ejectors face a continuous uninterrupted section of the non-engaged leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall, and wherein the non-engaged leading edge wall or the trailing edge wall is free from engagement with any of the plurality of stone ejectors or any other stone ejectors; wherein the tread has an average void depth that does not go past a twenty percent line, wherein the twenty percent line is twenty percent of a full void depth located from the outer surface of the tread, wherein the average void depth does not include decouple grooves and does not include the tread outboard from the decouple grooves in the lateral direction, wherein a decouple groove is a groove that extends primarily in the longitudinal direction and functions to decouple a shoulder block of the tread from an adjacent rib.