The Norwesco 1250 gallon vertical liquid storage tank is a blue HDPE tank built for serious volume in a compact footprint. It stands 114 inches tall on a 60-inch diameter base, so a full 1,250 gallons occupies just a 60 x 60-inch footprint - useful when floor space is tight but headroom is not. The body is molded from high density linear polyethylene and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, which is the headroom worth understanding before you buy.
Will it work for your job?
This is a Norwesco vertical storage tank at 1,250 nominal gallons. Filled with water (specific gravity 1.0), the contents weigh roughly 10,425 pounds, and the wall is rated to carry contents up to about 19,808 pounds at its 1.9 specific gravity limit. Water, rainwater collection, and similar liquids fall well inside that rating, so you are not running the tank to its limit. The 1.9 ceiling is also a genuine capability rather than a footnote: this is a water tank that has the wall rating to hold denser liquids too, so a buyer who may move to heavier service later isn't boxed in by today's purchase. Match the tank to your liquid, not just your gallons - if you are unsure how 1,250 gallons translates to days of supply or pad area, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide walk through it, and the 1250 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank buyer's guide covers this exact size in depth. Freight on a tank this size is the real variable: it ships LTL from the Fairfield, Texas plant, quoted live to your ZIP rather than baked into the list price, so run your address through the Freight Cost Estimator early.
Set it on the right pad
At full water weight this tank puts 10,425 pounds onto its 60 x 60-inch footprint - roughly 2.9 psi of bearing load - and at the maximum rated 19,808 pounds that rises to about 5.5 psi. Those are the numbers you spec concrete and soil bearing against, because a flat, fully supporting, level pad is what keeps the bottom knuckle from stress-cracking over time. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks covers the ACI framework for getting that base right. Refer to the technical drawing on this page to confirm fitting locations work for your plumbing before you set it.
The mistake to avoid
The vapor-saturated headspace at the top of an HDPE tank is where premature wall failures tend to start - not the liquid side where most operators look during inspection. It is worth understanding before you buy: our write-up on HDPE tank wall thickness at the headspace explains the ASTM D1998 sizing logic behind it. If this tank is headed into a rural or remote fire-water role, the fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection.
This Norwesco 1250 gallon HDPE tank ships LTL from the Fairfield, Texas plant. Because freight on a tank this size depends on your destination, it is quoted live to your ZIP rather than included in the list price - run your address through the Freight Cost Estimator for a real number, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you.
