The Bushman 1150 gallon vertical rainwater harvesting tank in mocha is built for above-ground rain capture, holding 1,150 gallons in a 90-inch-tall body on a 63-inch-diameter footprint. The mocha coloring suits an outdoor rainwater installation, and the tank's vertical profile keeps the footprint tight for tucking against a house, barn, or pole-building eave line where downspout runoff is collected. The same polyethylene body also works for stationary RV water and bulk water storage when you need volume in a compact circle.
Will it work for your site?
This is a polyethylene rainwater tank with a 1.0 specific-gravity rating, sized for water. Filled to capacity, it carries roughly 9,591 pounds, so the pad underneath has to be engineered for that load on a 63-inch-diameter circle — about 21.6 square feet of contact, or near 445 pounds per square foot. Per the technical drawing on this page, the body stands 90 inches tall on a 63-inch diameter, which matters for siting under a gutter drop and for fill access at the top. If you are still working out how many gallons your roof catchment and dry-season demand call for, run the numbers with our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to this size.
Fittings and plumbing
The fitting layout is shown on the technical drawing on this page. It includes three molded flat fitting pads — an 11" x 10", an 8" x 11", and an 8" x 20-1/4" — that give you flat landing zones for mounting bulkheads where you choose, plus a factory outlet and overflow kit rated at 3 inches and a 1-inch bulkhead fitting with a PP/EPDM gasket. Confirm the fitting positions and sizes against the drawing before you trench or set the pad, since the overflow placement drives where your splash and routing have to go.
Concrete pad and freight
A full tank at nearly 9,600 pounds is a real structural load, so set it on a level, properly sized base rather than bare soil. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for getting that pad right. For sizing first-flush diversion and matching this Bushman tank to your rainfall, see our pieces on first-flush diverter sizing and rainwater harvesting tank sizing by state.
This tank ships LTL from the plant in Fairfield, Texas, with freight quoted live to your ZIP code. Get a number for your delivery address with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we'll work out the rainwater, RV water, and vertical-tank setup that fits your site.
