Norwesco 1600 Gallon Horizontal Elliptical Cradle Tank with Poly Baffle and Fittings in White

Hauling water, fertilizer and spray mix

This is a nurse tank: it carries water or liquid fertilizer to the field and fills the applicator, or carries spray mix to the sprayer. Full of water it is 13344 lb of liquid before the tank and the cradle, and a heavy fertilizer at the 1.5 limit comes to about 20000 lb, so the truck or trailer rating, not the tank, is the number to design around. The baffle is what lets you drive it half full without the load shoving the rig at every stop; our note on tank baffle engineering for sloshing and wave damping in transport explains why a baffled tank handles better and how the fill level changes it. On the road, our guides to Norwesco applicator and leg tanks under the DOT non-roadable trailer rules and the farm fleet agricultural exemption cover how it is classified. Before any liquid goes in, check it in our chemical compatibility guide; urea solution, calcium chloride, DEF, phosphoric acid and sodium hypochlorite are the ones nurse tank buyers ask about most. If you blend in it, read our note on fertilizer blend stratification and how to catch it before the spreader runs off spec.

Openings, fittings and the cradle

1. Outlet. 2 inch. Your valve, camlock or pump suction connects to it; support the valve and the first length of hose on the frame so the fitting carries liquid, not hardware.
2. Manway. A 16 inch manway on top: wide enough to fill from a hose, to drop a float in and to get a hand and a brush inside. Keep the lid on while moving.
3. Fittings. This part number ships with fittings. Tell us what you are connecting to and we will confirm what is in the box before the order goes out.
4. The cradle. An elliptical tank must not sit on a flat deck on its own; it needs the cradle under it along the full length, and the hold down bands over it. Tell us whether the cradle and bands are already on your truck or need to come with the tank. Norwesco's drawing for this tank, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, gives the profile the cradle has to match and the outlet and manway positions.

Sizes nearby

At nearly the same capacity with legs instead of a cradle and a bottom drain, the 1610 gallon elliptical leg tank with bottom drain in black. The tank sizing calculator and tank sizing guide settle the volume question.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships LTL from the nearer of Norwesco's plants at Lancaster, Ohio, and St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, 138 by 78 by 54 inches on the truck at 464 lb. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. At 78 inches wide it is an oversize piece for a liftgate, so have a forklift or a crew ready, or tell us the delivery is to a farm and we will quote it that way. At the tailgate, check 47972 on the bill of lading against the moulded number, count the fittings, walk the shell for transit damage, and fill it with water the first time before it carries anything else.

Questions before you order? Call 866-418-1777.