The Norwesco 150 gallon utility tank is a flat-bottom, white polyethylene tank built for portable and stationary water duty where you need a stable, low-profile footprint. It sits 29 inches tall on a 48 inch long by 36 inch wide base, so it slides into a truck bed, a trailer, or a corner of the shop without towering over everything around it. This is the Norwesco 150 gallon tank a lot of buyers search for when they want a compact, haul-and-store water tank that does not eat the whole bed.
Will this tank work for my job?
Capacity is 150 gallons. Filled with plain water (specific gravity 1.0, about 8.34 pounds per gallon), the contents weigh roughly 1,251 pounds, so size your stand, trailer deck, or concrete pad for that load plus the tank itself. The tank carries a 1.5 specific-gravity rating, which means it is engineered to hold a fluid weighing up to about 12.5 pounds per gallon, or roughly 1,876 pounds of contents at the design limit. Put plainly: water never stresses the wall, and you have real headroom for heavier-than-water fluids as long as you stay under that ceiling. Up top, the molded body has a thread for an 8-inch lid (see the technical drawing on this page for the layout). That opening is threaded, not a clamp or bolt-ring lid, so any replacement or vented lid you buy has to match the 8-inch thread. Outlet plumbing is added to suit your setup, and any bulkhead or outlet you add needs its own gasket sized to the port you choose, so confirm that hardware before you build the manifold. Still deciding on volume? Run your numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator or read the Tank Sizing Guide to match capacity to your real draw and refill cycle.
How does it ship, and what will freight cost?
At 150 gallons this is an LTL freight item, not a parcel-ground box. Norwesco molds this tank at several plants, and your order ships from the plant assigned for your ZIP to keep the freight lane short: Fairfield, TX; Griffin, GA; Hanford, CA; Lancaster, OH; Shawnee, OK; Sheldon, IA; or St. Bonifacius, MN. Because LTL pricing depends on distance, weight, and your delivery point, freight is quoted live to your ZIP rather than baked into the list price. Get an exact number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will quote it and walk you through liftgate or limited-access delivery.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a portable utility tank like this one is treating the 1.5 specific-gravity rating as a free pass for any fluid. It isn't. The rating sets the maximum density the wall is engineered to carry, not a chemical-service approval. This is a water and general-utility tank, so match your fluid's weight to that 1,876-pound contents ceiling and never exceed it. The other miss is securing for transport: when this tank rides in a truck or trailer, brace and strap it so a full 1,251-pound load of water can't shift. If this is a portable agricultural setup, the Norwesco portable utility tank DOT and 49 CFR guide covers the agricultural exemption and how these tanks are classified for farm-fleet use. Setting it on a permanent base instead? The concrete pad sizing guide walks the ACI framework for supporting a filled polyethylene tank, and if you are holding standby or fire-reserve water the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection.
Ready to order, or want a freight number first? Run your ZIP through the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777. We ship this Norwesco 150 gallon utility tank LTL from the plant assigned to your ZIP so your tank arrives sooner and your freight stays as lean as the lane allows.
