Utility-vehicle tyre

A retreadable vehicle tire comprising:

• one or more sidewalls;
• belt plies;
• a tread with one or more shoulder flanks outside a ground contact area and running to the sidewalls;
• a buffing indicator to indicate a buffing depth and located on the one or more shoulder flanks, the buffing indicator running around in a circumferential direction, and formed from a plurality of elevations;
• the plurality of elevations have a thickness with respect to a level of the shoulder flanks of 0.5 mm to 2.0 mm;
• the plurality of elevations are dome shaped and have a circular base area;
• and
• wherein the plurality of elevations of the buffing indicator are arranged to include:
• a first set of elevations continuously arranged directly adjacent to each other to form a first circumferential band of elevations, the first circumferential band of elevations having opposite circumferential ends delimited by discontinuity of the first set of elevations in the circumferential direction, wherein a first length of the first circumferential band of elevations is defined by its circumferential extent between its circumferential ends;
• a second set of elevations continuously arranged directly adjacent to each other to form a second circumferential band of elevations, the second circumferential band of elevations having opposite circumferential ends delimited by discontinuity of the second set of elevations in the circumferential direction, wherein a second length of the second circumferential band of elevations is defined by its circumferential extent between its circumferential ends, wherein the second band is radially adjacent to and runs parallel to the first band, and wherein the second length of the second circumferential band is less than the first length of the first circumferential band thereby forming a first stepped profile from the first circumferential band to the second circumferential band in the radial direction;
• and
• a third set of elevations continuously arranged directly adjacent to each other to form a third circumferential band of elevations, the third circumferential band of elevations having opposite circumferential ends delimited by discontinuity of the third set of elevations in the circumferential direction, wherein a third length of the third circumferential band of elevations is defined by its circumferential extent between its circumferential ends, wherein the third band is radially adjacent to and runs parallel to the second band, and wherein the third length of the third circumferential band is less than the second length of the second circumferential band thereby forming a second stepped profile from the second circumferential band to the third circumferential band in the radial direction.