The Norwesco 1035 Gallon Black Elliptical Leg Tank is built to ride. Its low, wide elliptical body stands 54 inches tall on integrated legs with a 79 x 89-inch footprint, keeping the load's center of gravity down for stable transport on a trailer or applicator frame. The black polyethylene shell carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating, so it holds liquids up to one-and-a-half times the density of water. Filled with plain water it carries 8,632 pounds; loaded to its full 1.5 SG rating it can hold up to 12,948 pounds of contents. Spec your trailer, axles, and tie-downs against those weights before you haul.
Will this leg tank handle your load?
This is a haul-and-apply tank, not a stationary storage vessel. The elliptical cross-section and built-in legs are what make a 1035-gallon Norwesco leg tank stable in motion, which is why these turn up under searches for an elliptical tank built to move product down the road. See the technical drawing on this page for the outlet and fitting layout, then confirm your liquid's weight against the 12,948-pound rated contents figure. If you are sizing across multiple loads or matching a tank to a trailer rating, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide. For how leg and applicator tanks are classified for road use, see our guide on Norwesco applicator and leg tanks for fertilizer, and on stratification in blended fills, our breakdown of fertilizer-blend tank stratification.
Chemical compatibility
This tank is molded from polyethylene with a 1.5 specific gravity rating, and the resin grade shown for this SKU is high-density polyethylene listed with a query flag (HDLPE?). Confirm whether your tank is HDLPE or XLPE before putting it into chemical service, because the two resins resist different chemistries. At the 1.5 SG rating, this tank is suited to a defined set of chemistries, each with its own fitting and gasket call: acetic acid at 60% (PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gasket), aluminum sulfate at 50% (PVC, EPDM), calcium chloride at 40% (PVC, EPDM), diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) at 32.5% (316SS fittings, EPDM), ferrous sulfate at 20% (PVC, EPDM), magnesium chloride at 30% (PVC, EPDM), sodium carbonate at 30% (PVC, EPDM), urea solution at 50% (PP/PVC, EPDM), and ozonated water up to 10 PPM (PVC, EPDM). Match the fitting and gasket to the chemical exactly, and always verify against the OEM chemical-resistance chart, which is concentration- and temperature-specific. See the dedicated pages for acetic acid, aluminum sulfate, calcium chloride, DEF, ferrous sulfate, magnesium chloride, sodium carbonate, and urea solution, plus the full chemical compatibility reference.
Chemicals that need a higher-SG tank
Some heavier or more aggressive chemistries exceed what a 1.5 SG tank should carry and require a 1.9 specific gravity tank instead. If you are hauling ethylene glycol, ferric chloride, ferric sulfate, hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrofluosilicic acid, hydrogen peroxide, peracetic acid, phosphoric acid, polyaluminum chloride, potassium carbonate, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, sodium bisulfate, sodium bisulfite, sodium hypochlorite, sodium thiosulfate, sulfuric acid, or zinc orthophosphate, choose a 1.9 SG tank rather than this 1.5 SG version. The single most common mistake on a leg tank is filling it with a chemistry that needs a heavier wall and a different gasket. The gasket upgrade is part of that call: hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid, hydrogen peroxide, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, and sodium hypochlorite all require Viton gaskets, and peracetic acid requires Aflas, not EPDM. Confirm the resin, SG, fitting material, and gasket against the OEM chart before any chemical fill.
This tank ships LTL freight from the nearest Norwesco plant to you, with molding locations in Lancaster, OH, St. Bonifacius, MN, and Tooele, UT, quoted live to your ZIP. Get an exact number with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will route the order from the closest plant to keep transit and cost down.
