6500 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank

Where it goes

If your site is in the South or Texas this is usually the 6500 that reaches you fastest, and the three inches it gives up in height against its sibling rarely matter. It works as a farm and ranch water reserve, as irrigation or liquid fertilizer storage, as process water in a shop, and as a fire water reserve where the local authority accepts polyethylene storage. Ten feet of diameter means a ten foot pad: level, continuous, carrying the whole floor, with no part of the base past the edge of the slab or the gravel. Full of water the floor carries 54210 lb of liquid plus the tank, so a slab or a contained, compacted gravel bed is the right base. Our complete buyers guide to this tank covers pad, overflow and venting; the buyers guide to the 8400 on this footprint is the read if you might want more gallons on the same ground. The tank sizing calculator and tank sizing guide settle the volume first.

Openings and fittings

1. Outlet. A 3 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting, factory installed low in the side wall, with a 2 inch reducer in it. Connect 2 inch as supplied or remove the reducer for the full 3 inch port. Buy the valve to suit, and support the valve and the first run of pipe so the fitting carries liquid, not hardware.
2. Manway. A 16 inch threaded vented manway on top: fill point, vent and the way in for cleaning or a float. At 147 inches it is a ladder job.
3. Drawing. Norwesco's drawing for this tank, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, gives the outlet height and manway position for your layout.
4. Liquid. Water and most liquid fertilizers sit inside the 1.5 specific gravity rating. For heavier liquids Norwesco makes a 1.9 rated version of this shell, listed below. Tell us what is going in and we will confirm the material suits it.

Sizes nearby

Same shell in black, which keeps light and algae out of stored water: the 6500 gallon black vertical tank 42411. Same shell rated for liquids up to 1.9 specific gravity: the 6500 gallon blue heavy duty vertical tank 42317. The other ten foot 6500, a shade narrower and taller, from the western and northern plants: the 6500 gallon black vertical tank 40224B, with its heavy duty versions the 40232B in black and the 40263 in light blue. One size down: the 6100 gallon black vertical tank 40764. Same gallons on a narrow, much taller shell: the 6502 gallon black heavy duty vertical tank 47620B. The colour swatches above the price switch between the versions of this tank.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships as oversize freight (Norwesco's freight class is OVS) from the nearer of Norwesco's Albertville, Alabama and Fairfield, Texas plants, 147 by 120 by 120 inches lying down on the truck and 1287 lb. It travels on an open trailer, so plan on a forklift, a loader with forks or a crew with straps, and a clear path to the pad. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. At the tailgate, check the part number against 42315 on the bill of lading, look over the shell for transit damage before you sign, and fill it with water the first time before it carries anything else.

Questions before you order? Call 866-418-1777.