In a pneumatic tire for heavy load in which a rubber chafer 8 is disposed at least in a part brought into contact with a rim in a bead part 1, the rubber chafer uses a rubber composition which comprises 45 to 55 parts by mass of butadiene base rubbers containing 10 to 30 parts by mass of a syndiotactic 1,2-structure-containing polybutadiene rubber and 45 to 55 parts by mass of a natural rubber as a rubber component and more than 50 parts by mass and less than 60 parts by mass of carbon black having DBP of 85 to 115 ml/100 g and a specific surface area by nitrogen adsorption (N2SA) of 50 to 100 m2/g based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.