The Bushman 5000 Gallon Vertical Water Storage Tank in Dark Green is a full-size bulk storage vessel built for rainwater harvesting, irrigation reserves, and rural fire-water standby. It stands 96 inches tall on a 129 x 129 inch footprint, so this is a wide, low-profile 5,000-gallon vertical tank, not a tall narrow column. Before you order, confirm your pad and clearance: at 96 inches tall the tank clears a standard 8-foot door or gate opening by only inches, so verify your access path and set-down route as carefully as the pad itself.
Does it work for my job?
Filled to capacity, this tank holds 5,000 gallons of water at roughly 41,700 pounds. That figure is the water-in-place load, not a shipping weight, and it drives every install decision: the pad, the site prep, and the placement all have to carry the loaded tank across its entire base, not the empty shell. Poured concrete sized to the loaded footprint is the right call here, and it needs a level, fully supported base under the whole 129 x 129 inch pad. Our pad-sizing guide (ACI 360R-10 framework) walks through the load math so the tank sits flat and stays flat. If you are still choosing a capacity, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you match gallons to draw-down and refill rate. This tank is positioned for water at a specific gravity near 1.0; for any liquid heavier than water, confirm an SG rating with us by phone before ordering.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this tank is configured with a vented manway for top access and a single 2-inch bulkhead fitting for outlet plumbing. The 2-inch bulkhead is the tank-wall penetration, and its mating gasket and bulkhead nut set the seal, so verify your outlet pipe or valve threads to a 2-inch connection before you plumb it. The vented manway matters on a water tank this size: it lets the tank breathe as level rises and falls so you do not pull a vacuum or pressurize the shell during fast fill or draw. Review the technical drawing for exact fitting placement and elevations before you set your plumbing runs.
Fire-water and reuse service
At 5,000 gallons, this size is a common building block for private fire-protection reservoirs and for banked water-reuse trains. If you are specifying for standby fire supply, the NFPA 22 sizing-discipline guide covers how polyethylene tanks fit the stack and how to plan freeze protection in cold climates. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, the water-reuse topology guide shows how to band and sequence storage. On any new install, run a hydrostatic acceptance fill before you rely on it; our hydrostatic test methodology covers fill discipline, pad-settlement monitoring, and fitting leak checks.
This 5,000-gallon tank ships LTL freight on the empty tank, quoted live to your ZIP - the 41,700-pound figure above is water-in-place, not what you freight. Get your rate through the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will size the tank, confirm fittings, and lock in freight before you commit.
