The Bushman 1000 Gallon Plastic Vertical Water Storage Tank in Mocha is a polyethylene vertical water tank built for bulk water storage on farms, rural homesteads, and remote sites. It holds 1,000 gallons in a 75-inch diameter, 65-inch tall body, putting most of its volume low and wide for a stable, ground-level installation. The opaque mocha color blends into outdoor settings while keeping sunlight off the stored water. If you need bulk water storage that sets up on a simple pad, this is the tank to size around.
Will it work for your water storage job?
This is a 1,000-gallon vertical storage tank rated at 1.0 specific gravity, which matches fresh water exactly. The polyethylene shell stands 65 inches tall at 75 inches in diameter, so plan your inlet, overflow, and outlet routing around that height before you set it. At 65 inches tall, top-fill and lid access stay reachable from a short step, so factor ladder and access height into your fill plumbing. Whether you are aggregating well water, building a fire-water reserve, or holding harvested rainwater, a 1,000-gallon vertical tank is a common starting point for single-tank residential and light-commercial water storage systems.
Weight, footprint, and pad planning
Filled with water, this tank carries 8,340 pounds of contents at capacity, and that full-water weight is also its maximum rated contents weight. That load rides on a 75-inch-diameter footprint, so the pad underneath has to be flat, level, and able to carry more than four tons without settling. A tank that tips because one edge sank is the most common and most avoidable mistake here. Our concrete pad sizing guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for above-ground polyethylene tanks, and the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm 1,000 gallons is the right capacity before you commit to a pad size.
Confirm fittings before you plumb it
Before you buy, confirm the bulkhead fitting and gasket sizes for your inlet, overflow, and outlet against your own plumbing. Rather than assume what is included, call 866-418-1777 and we will verify exactly what ships with this tank so your connections seal the first time. For a private fire-protection setup, our guide on fire-water reservoir design for rural and remote sites covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection. For rainwater harvesting, Bushman tanks pair with first-flush diverters sized per the Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting, covered in our Bushman rainwater harvesting guide. If you are tying in grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate, our water reuse tank topology guide shows how to band quality and sequence treatment stages.
This tank ships LTL freight from our plant in Fairfield, TX, with freight quoted live to your ZIP code. Use the Freight Cost Estimator for a freight estimate, or call 866-418-1777 and we will work out the best routing for your site. Have your delivery ZIP and any access limits (lift-gate, narrow driveway, no dock) ready so we can quote it right the first time.
