The Bushman TC3100IW is a 3,100-gallon vertical plastic water storage tank standing 99 inches tall on a 102 x 102-inch footprint. It's built for bulk water holding on farms, rural fire-protection reservoirs, industrial water-reuse trains, and any site that needs several thousand gallons of on-site storage in a single vertical tank. This page answers the three things that actually decide the purchase: whether it fits your job, what it takes to ship it, and the one detail people get wrong.
Will it work for your site
The tank holds 3,100 gallons in a vertical storage configuration measuring 99 inches high on a 102 x 102-inch base. That's a squat, wide profile — wider than it is tall — which keeps the center of gravity low and puts the top fill and gauging within easier reach. The tradeoff is that it wants a full-support 102 x 102-inch pad, not a smaller footprint. Dimensions here are launch-verified, so you can lay out your pad and clearances with confidence rather than guessing. Filled with water, it carries roughly 25,854 pounds, which is the number that governs your foundation. Above-ground plastic tanks of this size want a properly sized, level, fully supporting pad; our concrete pad sizing guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for the slab, and if you're sizing the tank itself against demand, start with the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide.
Sizing it into a real system
A 3,100-gallon vertical is a common building block for rural fire-water reservoirs and for water-reuse aggregation. If this tank is part of a private fire-protection stack, size the stored volume to your NFPA 22 duration math before you commit; our fire-water reservoir design guide covers the sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate collection, the water-reuse tank topology guide shows how vertical bulk plastic tanks fit a quality-banded storage train. This tank is set up for water (specific gravity 1.0) service; if you're weighing anything heavier than water, call 866-418-1777 to confirm the specific-gravity rating before you store it — don't assume a water tank clears a denser liquid.
The mistake to avoid
This is a water tank, and the most common miss is skipping a proper acceptance fill. Bring it up to level on the finished pad, watch for pad settlement under that ~25,854-pound loaded weight, and check every port for leaks before you trust the system. Fitting configuration — outlet size, bulkhead, and gaskets — isn't specified on this page, so confirm exactly what ports ship on the tank by phone at 866-418-1777 before you order and before you plumb it. Skipping the hydrostatic hold is how people find a settling pad or a weeping fitting after the tank is already full and hard to drain. Our hydrostatic test methodology guide lays out the water-fill discipline, settlement monitoring, and hold-time math.
The TC3100IW ships LTL freight. Freight is quoted separately and priced live to your ZIP code — because dry shipping weight and your delivery access drive that number, our Freight Cost Estimator is the fastest way to a real figure, or call 866-418-1777 to talk through pad, plumbing, fitting configuration, and delivery access before you order.
