The Bushman 165 Gallon Vertical Water Storage Tank (SKU TC3158IW) is a compact vertical tank built for water storage, hauling, and buffer duty where floor space is tight. It stands 58 inches tall on a 31 x 31 inch footprint, so it fits through most standard doorways and tucks into a corner, a pump house, or a truck bed without eating a full pallet of real estate. The dimensions on this listing are verified against the launch spec, so you can design your pad and plumbing around real numbers.
Will this tank work for my job?
This is a 165-gallon vertical storage tank molded by Bushman. The verified specs are short and honest:
- Capacity: 165 gallons
- Height: 58 in
- Footprint: 31 in x 31 in
- Full water weight: ~1,376 lb
Filled with water this tank carries roughly 1,376 pounds, so the pad or platform underneath it has to be rated for the full standing load, not the empty weight. Run the numbers on your own site before you set it — the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide walk you through matching gallons and footprint to your draw rate and refill cycle. The 31 x 31 inch base is the number to design your pad around.
Setting it up right
A vertical tank of this weight wants a flat, fully supported, level base — a poured pad or a continuous deck, not a ring or a few blocks under the edges. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks covers the ACI framework for getting that foundation right. Once it's set and plumbed, a hydrostatic fill test is the honest way to confirm the pad settles evenly and every connection holds before the tank goes into service. See the technical drawing on this page for the tank's overall geometry.
Sizing it into a bigger system
At 165 gallons this vertical water storage tank often works as one node in a larger train — a day tank, a rainwater catch stage, or a freeze-protected reservoir at a remote site. If you're building toward a fire-water reserve, the NFPA 22 reservoir design guide covers the sizing discipline, and the water reuse topology guide shows where a tank this size lands in a grey-water or HVAC condensate aggregation stack.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP — get a number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we'll walk it through with you. Have your delivery ZIP and dock or liftgate situation ready and we'll get you the real landed picture before you commit.
