The Bushman 5000 Gallon Plastic Vertical Water Storage Tank in yellow is a full-size bulk storage vessel for non-potable water duty — rural fire reserve, rainwater and reuse aggregation, agricultural supply, and process make-up water. It stands 152 inches tall on a 102 by 102 inch footprint, giving you 5,000 gallons of vertical storage on a compact circular base. If you are searching for a 5000 gallon vertical water tank, a poly water storage tank, or a large above-ground plastic tank, this is the tank that fits the requirement.
Will it work for your site
This is a vertical, self-supporting polyethylene tank sized at a nominal 5,000 gallons. Confirm your dimensions against the technical drawing on this page before you pour or frame anything: 152 inches of height and a 102-inch diameter footprint drive both your overhead clearance for filling and the pad you build under it. Filled with water, the tank and its contents reach roughly 41,700 pounds — that full-water weight is the number your foundation has to carry, not an empty shipping weight. A tank this size needs a level, engineered base rated for that load. To match capacity to your draw-down and refill cycle, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and read the Tank Sizing Guide.
Pad and install
At 41,700 pounds full, pad design is not optional. A 102-inch circular base concentrates real load, so the slab under it has to be sized and cured correctly — our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks the ACI 360R-10 framework. Before you commission the tank, run an acceptance fill and hold; our hydrostatic test methodology covers water-fill discipline, pad settlement monitoring, and hold-time math so you catch a fitting leak or a soft pad before the tank goes into service.
Common mistake to avoid
The mistake buyers make on a 5,000 gallon tank is planning the foundation around empty weight and setting it on unengineered ground. Water is heavy — nearly 21 tons filled here — and a pad that settles unevenly puts point loads on a tank wall never meant to carry them. Build the base for the full-water number, keep it dead level, and confirm the footprint against the drawing on this page first. If this feeds a private fire-protection reserve, our write-up on NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection is worth reading before you finalize volume; for grey-water and rainwater trains, see our water reuse tank topology guide.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP — get a real number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 to confirm dimensions, access, and delivery for your site before you order.
