The Bushman 5000 Gallon Vertical Water Storage Tank in Mocha is a polyethylene bulk water storage tank built for above-ground service on a single 102-by-102-inch footprint. Standing 161 inches tall, this 5000-gallon vertical storage tank consolidates cistern supply, agricultural irrigation reserve, fire-water reservoir volume, and harvested rainwater into one vessel instead of the multiple-tank manifolding a smaller tank would force. The Mocha exterior is an earth-toned shell that blends into rural and residential sites better than a bright translucent tank.
Will it work for your site?
This is a 1.0 specific-gravity tank, rated for water and water-equivalent liquids up to the density of fresh water. Use it for cistern storage, livestock and irrigation water, rainwater harvesting, and fire-protection reserve; confirm potable suitability and any required certifications for drinking-water service before you specify it for that duty. Filled to capacity, 5000 gallons of water weighs 41,700 pounds, and that figure is the tank plus its full contents at maximum rated load, so size your base for the loaded weight, not the empty shell. Distributed over the 72.25-square-foot base, a full tank applies roughly 577 pounds per square foot to the pad uniformly, and that is the bearing load your slab and subgrade have to carry. Before you pour, the concrete pad sizing guide for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for a slab that holds that load over its service life.
Sizing it right and protecting it in the cold
If you are between sizes or planning a multi-tank water-storage train, the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide let you match real demand to gallons before you commit to a 5000-gallon vertical. For fire-protection duty, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate service. As an above-ground tank with no integrated heat, cold-climate fire-reserve or stored-water service needs separate freeze protection — heat trace, insulation, or buried supply lines. For rainwater capture, the Bushman rainwater harvesting guide covers first-flush diverter sizing per the Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting, and the water reuse topology guide maps grey-water, rainwater, and condensate aggregation into quality-banded storage trains.
The mistake to avoid
The common error on a tank this size is treating it like a piece of furniture you can set on bare ground or undersized blocking. At 41,700 pounds full, an unsupported or partially supported base will deflect, and any point that loses contact concentrates stress in the wall above it. Support the entire square footprint on a level, engineered surface and let the pad carry the load uniformly. Inlet, outlet, and lid configuration are confirmed on the technical drawing on this page and by phone before order, since sizes vary by build — verify those connections against your plumbing before you finalize the pad layout.
This vertical water storage tank ships LTL freight from the Fairfield, Texas plant, quoted live to your ZIP. Because it leaves Fairfield as an oversize LTL load, delivered freight scales with distance and accessorials like liftgate, residential, or limited-access delivery, so run your exact ZIP through the Freight Cost Estimator before you compare total cost. Call 866-418-1777 to confirm fittings, lead time, and lock in your tank. Listed price is before freight, which is quoted separately to your delivery ZIP.
