The Bushman 1000 Gallon Vertical Rainwater Harvesting Tank in green is a polyethylene cistern built for above-ground rainwater capture, holding a full 1,000 gallons in a 75-inch-diameter footprint that stands 65 inches tall. The green vertical body sits on a 75 x 75-inch base, so you can lay out the pad before the truck arrives. Because it is wider than it is tall, this is a squat, stable tank with a low center of gravity, which helps in wind and seismic exposure, but it means the footprint, not the height, is your siting constraint. This is the size most homeowners and small-acreage operators land on when they want real storage from a single roof-fed vertical tank without going to a multi-tank array.
Will it work for your site
The specifics: 1,000 gallons of usable capacity, 65 inches tall, 75 inches in diameter, molded in polyethylene and rated to a specific gravity of 1.0. That 1.0 rating is the load it is built to carry, which is exactly water density, so rainwater is squarely within its design envelope. Filled to capacity, the contents weigh roughly 8,340 pounds, and that full-water weight is the number that drives your foundation. The 75 x 75-inch base works out to about 39 square feet, so plan the slab area accordingly: a tank this heavy needs a flat, fully supported pad under the entire footprint, not soft or uneven ground that lets the bottom flex. Walk through the load math with our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you set it, and read our concrete pad sizing framework if you are pouring a slab to the ACI 360R-10 approach.
Plumbing and fittings
Per the technical drawing on this page, this tank carries three molded flat-fitting pads (a 10" x 12", an 8" x 11", and a 9-3/8" x 20-1/4" flat area) where outlets and bulkheads land cleanly. Those flats are sized to seat larger bulkheads, manways, and future ports such as a pump suction or level sensor without hot-spotting a curved wall, so you are not limited to the tap you start with. It comes set up with a 3-inch outlet and overflow kit and a 1-inch polypropylene bulkhead fitting with an EPDM seal, so you have a graded overflow path and a tap point out of the box. That EPDM gasket on the PP bulkhead is correct for rainwater and potable water service, so the supplied fittings are service-matched and not a part you need to re-spec. Confirm the exact fitting locations against the technical drawing before you trench supply and overflow lines, since overflow routing is the detail people most often fix after the fact. For a clean harvesting setup, pair the inlet with a first-flush diverter sized to your roof area; our guide on first-flush diverter sizing per the Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting walks the numbers, and rainwater harvesting tank sizing by state ties capacity to your rainfall and local rules.
The mistake to avoid
The common error on a 1,000-gallon vertical is treating the pad as an afterthought. At about 8,340 pounds full, this tank will telegraph any settling or void under the base straight into the shell, so an under-supported or out-of-level foundation is the thing to avoid. Set it dead level on a base that supports the whole footprint. If this storage is part of a rural fire-protection plan, our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and freeze protection for cold-climate service.
This 1000 gallon Bushman rainwater tank ships LTL freight from the Fairfield, TX plant, with freight quoted live to your ZIP. The offload challenge here is bulk, not weight: the tank travels empty as a large-diameter, lightweight load, so confirm liftgate or forklift handling at quote time. Get your freight quote in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm fittings, lead time, and the best off-load method at your site.
