The Chem-Tainer 6,400 gallon vertical liquid storage tank is a large single-vessel polyethylene tank that consolidates bulk water storage into one footprint. At a glance: 6,400 gallons, natural white polyethylene body, roughly 53,376 pounds full of water, ships LTL from Alabama. For sites sizing fire-protection reserve, irrigation supply, or process makeup water, this is the kind of vertical storage tank that replaces a cluster of smaller vessels with a single tank carrying real reserve volume.
Will this tank work for my site?
At 6,400 gallons, plan around the full-water load before anything else: filled with water, this tank carries roughly 53,376 pounds. That weight drives everything downstream of the purchase, from the slab you pour to the equipment you stage it with. For above-ground polyethylene tanks of this size the pad is not an afterthought, and our guide to concrete pad sizing using the ACI 360R-10 framework walks through how to size and reinforce a slab that will carry a vessel of this mass without differential settlement. Run your stored volume against actual demand with the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit, so you buy the reserve you need and are not paying to move air.
Common uses for a 6,400-gallon vertical tank
A white vertical storage tank at this scale earns its keep in fire-water reservoirs, agricultural and irrigation supply, and industrial water-reuse trains. If you are designing private fire protection, our deep dive on fire-water reservoir tank design for rural and remote sites covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate service. For reclaim and aggregation projects, the breakdown of industrial water-reuse tank topology shows where a vertical tank of this scale fits in a quality-banded storage train. For a general reference on how the major vertical-tank brands compare, see our Snyder vs Norwesco vs Chem-Tainer brand comparison.
The mistake to avoid
The biggest error on a tank this large is treating the fittings, foundation, and load path as details to sort out after delivery. At more than 26 tons full of water, the slab and outlet plumbing have to be engineered before the tank arrives, not improvised on the day. Inlet, outlet, and overflow fittings and their gaskets are plumbed to your application, so confirm placements and sizes with us by phone before you order rather than assuming a standard layout. This 6,400-gallon body is offered in more than one wall rating; the heavier-wall build is rated for liquids denser than water, so if you plan to store anything beyond water, call us to confirm you are landing on the correct variant.
This tank ships LTL freight from our Alabama plant, quoted live to your ZIP code. Because it is an oversized vessel, get an exact number before you order with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you and confirm site-access requirements for a tank of this scale.
