The Bushman 5000 Gallon Vertical Commercial Storage Tank (SKU 8210000C37) is a large-format vertical bulk water tank built for high-volume storage where a single, tall footprint matters. It stands 154 inches tall on a 102 x 102 inch footprint, so before you finalize the pad, confirm your site clearance and access can handle a tank standing nearly 13 feet high. Filled with water it carries roughly 41,700 lb, which drives both your pad design and your rigging plan on delivery.
Will this tank work for my application
This is a vertical commercial storage tank for water service, and the "1.5 sg" in its name refers to a heavier-duty build: the wall and structure are rated to hold liquids up to 1.5 specific gravity. That is a durability rating for water and water-based service, not an invitation to store chemicals. Fittings shown on the technical drawing for this tank include a flange, a 12" x 13.75" fitting/S.U.M.O., and an 18-inch PE assembled manway with a 5-inch vent and a manway/vent tether. See the technical drawing on this page for exact fitting placement and elevations before you plumb inlet and outlet lines.
Sizing, venting, and site prep
On a tank this size, the 5-inch vent on the manway is a sizing constraint, not just a feature: keep your fill-and-draw rate within what that vent can pass, or a fast drawdown can pull a vacuum and a fast fill can pressurize the tank. At a full water weight near 41,700 lb over a 102 x 102 inch footprint, this tank needs an engineered, level pad rated for the point loading of a full vertical tank. Run your numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide if you are still confirming that 5000 gallons matches your draw-and-refill cycle. For pad engineering specific to above-ground poly tanks, the concrete pad sizing framework (ACI 360R-10 and the ACI 318 boundary) walks through the load path. If this is going into fire-protection reserve or rainwater duty, the rural fire-water reservoir design guide, the industrial water-reuse tank topology guide, and the Bushman rainwater harvesting and first-flush diverter guide cover the discipline for each use.
The mistake to avoid
The most common miss on a tank this tall is treating placement and plumbing like a smaller tank. A 154-inch vertical tank has a high center of gravity when full, so the pad must be dead level and fully supporting the base perimeter — do not set it on uneven fill. And before install, size and verify the sealing hardware: connecting to the flange and the 12" x 13.75" S.U.M.O. fitting requires bulkhead fittings and gaskets matched to those exact openings on the drawing. Order or confirm that hardware ahead of time so you are not field-adapting fittings on a 5000-gallon commercial vertical storage tank.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP code. Get your number from the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 and we will walk you through delivery, offload requirements, and lead time.
