The Bushman 265 Gallon Black Slimline Water Storage Tank is built for sites where ground space is tight but water demand is not. This is a slimline storage tank that needs only a 25-inch-deep slot to install: 25 inches deep, 59 inches wide, and 62.5 inches tall, with a 25.0 x 59.0 inch footprint that tucks against a wall, between buildings, or along a fence line where a round tank will not fit. It holds 265 gallons in a black polyethylene body that blocks sunlight to discourage algae growth, which suits it to water storage, rainwater capture, and supplemental supply.
Will it work for your site?
Before anything else, check your clearance: this tank needs a 25-inch-deep slot and 62.5 inches of vertical clearance, plus room above that for the fill opening and cap access. The 62.5-inch height is the constraint most people miss when siting a tank under eaves or a soffit. The body is rated for contents with a specific gravity of 1.0, which is exactly water. Filled to capacity it carries 2,210 pounds, and that full-water weight is the figure to design your pad and footing around. Spread over the narrow 25 x 59 inch footprint (about 10.2 square feet), 2,210 pounds is a concentrated load, so the entire base must bear evenly on a flat, level, fully supporting pad. Our concrete pad sizing guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for exactly this kind of point load. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator to confirm 265 gallons covers your draw-down, and the Tank Sizing Guide to match the tank to your refill cadence.
What it is good for
The slimline shape makes this a natural fit for rainwater harvesting against a downspout, and Bushman's harvesting line is covered in our first-flush diverter sizing guide. It also serves as a compact buffer in industrial water-reuse trains, aggregating grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate; our water-reuse topology guide covers how to band these storage trains by quality. For rural or remote fire-water reserve planning, see our fire-water reservoir design guide.
The mistake to avoid
This body is rated to a specific gravity of 1.0, the density of plain water. Do not press it into service for anything heavier than water, such as a fertilizer or chemical solution: those liquids weigh more per gallon and exceed what a 1.0-rated tank is built to carry. If your stored liquid is denser than water, you need a tank rated for a higher specific gravity instead. Call us at 866-418-1777 with your liquid and its specific gravity and we will route you to a 1.5-rated tank that fits the same job. Confirm the fitting configuration for your inlet, outlet, and overflow at the time of order, and see the technical drawing on this page for overall dimensions before you finalize a plumbing layout.
This 265-gallon slimline tank ships LTL freight from a single plant in Temecula, California, with the cost quoted live to your ZIP code. Because it leaves from one West Coast origin, buyers farther east should price the LTL leg before ordering: get a freight estimate now with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will work out the closest, lowest-cost routing for your tank.
