Norwesco 6000 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank

Who buys the heavy duty 6000

Six thousand gallons is a working size for a farm or a dealer that takes fertilizer by the transport load, a water treatment plant's chemical bulk tank, a brine tank at a cheese or pickle plant, or an industrial site with a dense process liquid. For plain water or rainwater, the standard duty 6000 does the same job with a thinner wall and a 3 year warranty, and the heavy duty premium buys nothing. The tank stands a little over fifteen feet tall on a circle eight and a half feet across, so it goes outdoors or in a tall building, with a fixed ladder or a platform to reach the manway. Full of water it puts about 25 tons on the pad, and nearly twice that with a liquid at 1.9. Our guide to sizing a concrete pad under an above-ground polyethylene tank covers what the slab has to do.

What goes in it

Liquid fertilizers, brines, many acids and bases, and water. The 1.9 rating is about weight, not chemistry: check the liquid in our chemical compatibility guide before it goes in, and keep the contents under 120 F; polyethylene softens as it warms and the rating assumes that ceiling. If the liquid is not on the list, tell us what it is and we will check with Norwesco. For the volume, the tank sizing calculator and tank sizing guide turn a delivery size and a draw rate into gallons.

Openings and fittings

1. Outlet. A 3 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting with a 2 inch reducer, factory installed low in the wall. Run 3 inch for fast loading into a nurse tank or a sprayer, or leave the reducer in and plumb 2 inch. Put a flexible connector between the tank and rigid pipe and support the valve on its own; a full tank settles slightly and a rigid line levers on the fitting.
2. Manway. A 16 inch threaded vented manway on top. The vent lets air move as the level changes; a pump pulling against a plugged vent can collapse a wall.
3. Inlet. No separate inlet is installed. Tell us before the order ships if you want a fill fitting at a set height.
4. Drawing. Norwesco's drawing for this tank, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, shows the outlet position relative to the manway for piping layout.

Sizes and grades nearby

Same heavy duty tank in blue, Norwesco's usual colour for chemical service: the 6000 gallon blue heavy duty vertical tank. The standard duty 1.5 versions for water are the 6000 gallon black vertical tank and the 6000 gallon white vertical tank. One step down is the 5000 gallon black vertical tank; one step up is the 6100 gallon black vertical tank. The colour swatches above the price switch between the versions of this tank.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships LTL at freight class 300 from the nearest of Norwesco's Fairfield, Texas, Hanford, California and St. Bonifacius, Minnesota plants, 102 by 102 by 182 inches and 1451 lb, on its side on a flatbed. You need a forklift or a loader with straps and room to stand it up. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. At the tailgate, check the part number against 41414 on the bill of lading, look over the whole shell for transit damage before signing, and fill it with water the first time before it carries anything heavier.

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