The Bushman 125 gallon vertical water storage tank in Mocha is a polyethylene vertical water tank built for above-ground water storage. It holds 125 gallons, stands 50 inches tall on a 30 x 30 inch footprint, and ships from Fairfield, Texas. If you are sizing a compact water storage tank for a pump shed, rural homestead, fire-water reserve, or rainwater catch, this is 125 gallons in a 30 x 30 inch footprint at 50 inches tall, so it fits a tight pad without crowding the rest of your equipment.
Will it work for your install?
This is a vertical storage tank molded from polyethylene with a 1.0 specific gravity rating, which matches plain water and other contents at or below the density of water. The 30-inch diameter base and 50-inch height give you a stable, narrow column of storage that drops onto a small concrete pad or compacted base. Footprint is 30.0 x 30.0 inches, so it slides into corners, equipment rooms, and trailer decks where wider tanks will not go.
Plan your support for the loaded weight, not the empty shell. Filled to capacity with water, this tank carries 1,042 pounds of contents, and because it is rated for 1.0 specific gravity, full water is also the maximum rated contents weight for the tank. Your pad, platform, or stand has to carry that load across the full 30 x 30 inch footprint. If you are working out volume against your draw rate or daily demand, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide walk you through matching tank size to use.
The mistake to avoid
The specific gravity rating here is 1.0, which is correct for water storage and lighter-than-water contents. Do not press a 1.0-rated tank into service for a heavier liquid. If your contents are denser than water, you need a tank rated for a higher specific gravity, and overloading a 1.0 tank shortens its life and risks failure. For straight water storage, rainwater harvesting, or a fire-water reserve, the 1.0 rating is exactly what you want. Fitting and outlet sizes are not published in this listing, so read the molded-in dimensions and outlet locations off the technical drawing on this page, or call us to confirm before you plumb it.
Sizing and design references
For specific applications, these guides put the engineering behind the tank: Bushman rainwater harvesting and first-flush diverter sizing per the Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting, fire-water reservoir design for rural and remote sites with NFPA 22 sizing discipline, and concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks under the ACI 360R-10 framework. For larger reuse trains, see our guide on grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation.
This Bushman vertical water storage tank ships by LTL freight from the Fairfield, Texas plant, quoted live to your ZIP code. Get a real number for your address with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you.
