Norwesco 1000 Gallon Flat Bottom Utility Tank in Black

The black record of the 134 by 90 inch shell, and who asks for it

The duty on this record is set by its proportions rather than by its name. A thousand gallons in a body 21 inches tall spread over 134 by 90 inches is volume kept deliberately low, and the buyer is somebody with ground to give and a ceiling, a beam, a canopy or a sight line they cannot exceed. The store name reads flat bottom utility tank and the type field on the same record reads portable tanks; we print both because both are on the sheet, and we make no claim from either about lifting, carrying, towing or moving this tank, because the sheet carries no figure that would support one.

The colour field reads black and the material field reads polyethylene, and that is all the record says about the shell. We will not tell you what the colour does, because Norwesco does not say on this sheet and a colour is not a performance figure. What is worth saying about the site is the same thing a shallow tank always demands: continuous flat support under the whole 134 by 90 inch footprint, because 8340 lb of water at 8.34 pounds per gallon has nowhere to go but straight down, and 21 inches of depth shows a slope in the liquid the day you fill it. Our framework for sizing a concrete pad under a polyethylene tank is the reference for getting that surface right, and our tank sizing calculator and tank sizing guide settle the volume question.

This tank and a 300 gallon portable: what the sheet pairs it with

The sheet pairs this record with one other tank and the pairing is instructive precisely because the two are so far apart. N-43977 holds 300 gallons in a 63 by 42 inch footprint at 96 lb, and it is 30 inches tall, which is nine inches taller than this record despite holding less than a third as much. That is what the flat, wide geometry buys you: the big tank is the shorter of the two. If your problem is a height limit, the thousand gallon body is the answer and the 300 gallon one is not, however much smaller it sounds. If your problem is floor area, the relationship inverts completely. Nothing else separates the two rows on this sheet, and the record gives no third option, so this family is a genuine two-way choice rather than a range.

Ready to choose a row? Add the 1000 gallon tank to your cart above with freight quoted to your ZIP, or 866-418-1777 will confirm it against the site first.

An eight inch lid, described without the vented wording

• Nothing is described as plumbed. The outlet field is blank and the inlet field is blank, so there is no draw-off size, position, thread or material on this record and we will not supply one. If the tank has to be pumped out, the connection arrangement is a written question to put to us before you order.
• That matters more on a shallow tank than a tall one, because there is almost no static head here to move liquid for you. Any pump goes low and close, and the last of the volume across a flat floor comes out slowly however it is done.
• The access opening is an 8 inch lid. The lid field and the manway field both read 8 inches, with no further description on this record.
• Eight inches into a 134 inch long body means most of the interior is out of reach from the only opening. Plan any routine that involves getting inside around that before you commit.
• The specific gravity figure is 1.5 and the maximum contents figure is 12510 lb, against 8340 lb of water.
• The ceiling is 120 F / 48 C. There is no warranty field on this record at all.

The honest limitation on this page is the pair of blanks in the plumbing fields sitting beside a single small opening: this is a vessel whose connections are designed after purchase rather than read off the sheet, and that should be a decision you make on purpose. Our long read on loaf style portable utility tanks covers how this part of the range is classified and bought, and our sizing guide across the hundred to thousand gallon range is useful if the capacity is still open.

Where the two flat bottom records disagree on paper

This part number shares its capacity, its 134 by 90 by 21 inch envelope, its 250 lb weight, its 1.5 density figure, its 12510 lb contents figure and its 120 F / 48 C ceiling with the white record of the same tank. Four things on this sheet are its own, and they are the reason to choose it deliberately rather than by colour alone: the colour field reads black, the lid is given as an 8 inch lid with none of the extra wording the white record's lid field carries, there is no warranty field here where the white record publishes a term, and the NMFC code reads 156600 with no suffix where the white record's code carries one.

We print all four differences rather than smoothing them out, because a specification sheet that disagrees with its own twin is telling you something worth knowing at order time. If the warranty term is part of your decision, ask us in writing and we will get the answer from Norwesco rather than assume the two records are governed the same way. Everything else here is fully specified: dimensions, both weights, the opening, the density figure, the contents limit, the ceiling, the class and the code.

Three plants, an NMFC without a suffix, and a load wider than its pallet

Three plants make this part number: St. Bonifacius, Minnesota; Shawnee, Oklahoma; and Fairfield, Texas. Three origins is the commercially useful fact on this record, because the lane that prices your freight runs from the nearest of them rather than from a single point, and we confirm which one your order ships from. Freight class and ship mode both read LTL, the NMFC code is 156600, and the empty and shipping weights agree at 250 lb. Price your ZIP with the freight cost estimator; the listed price is before freight.

Receive this one against the paperwork. The code on this record reads 156600 with no suffix, unlike the otherwise identical white tank, so read the class and code lines on the bill against what you ordered before you sign, and query a mismatch on the spot rather than by email a week later. Then, because 90 inches of width overhangs most pallets, have the forks set wide before the lift starts and keep everyone clear of the overhanging edges as it comes down. A flat bottom tank that is set down square stays square. Leave room to walk all the way around it; the side of the tank nobody can see is the side that leaks.