The Norwesco 6000 Gallon Black Vertical Storage Tank is a full-size bulk vertical built for large-volume duty on farms, rural fire-protection sites, industrial yards, and municipal backup service. It holds 6,000 gallons in a black polyethylene shell that stands 182 inches tall - about 15.2 feet - on a 102 x 102 inch footprint, and it carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating. If you have been searching for a Norwesco vertical storage tank in this class, this is the black large-capacity vertical that anchors the rest of the storage train.
Will it work for your site?
Confirm three things before you buy: the load your pad must carry, the footprint, and the contents you intend to store. Filled with water this tank weighs roughly 50,040 pounds, and at its full 1.5 specific gravity rating it can carry up to 75,060 pounds of contents - that is the design ceiling at 1.5 SG. Because water is 1.0 SG, the 1.5 rating means this Norwesco vertical is built to store liquids heavier than water - many ag chemicals, fertilizers, and heavier solutions, not water alone. That capacity is real headroom, but the structural truth that matters most is the dead load on the slab. Run your numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you pour anything.
Pad, clearance, and site engineering
A tank this tall and this heavy stands or falls on the foundation under it, so plan a level 8.5-foot-square pad and confirm overhead clearance for a roughly 15-foot-tall tank - doorways, eaves, power lines, and fill access all need checking before delivery day. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework and where the ACI 318 boundary applies - read it before your contractor sizes the slab. If this 6,000-gallon tank is part of a rural or remote fire-water reservoir, the fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze-protection engineering for cold-climate service.
Fittings and the mistake to avoid
Outlet and fitting sizes and their locations are defined on the technical drawing for this tank - see the technical drawing on this page, and confirm gasket and bulkhead-fitting compatibility against it before you order plumbing. The biggest error on a tank this size is treating the 50,040-pound filled water weight as the only number that matters and under-building the pad. A vertical tank that settles unevenly or sits on an inadequate slab is the real failure mode here - far more than the polyethylene itself. Engineer the foundation to the load, level it, and match your fittings to the drawing before the tank arrives. If you are stacking this into a multi-tank rainwater or reuse system, the industrial water reuse tank topology guide shows how to band quality and sequence treatment stages, and the first-flush diverter sizing guide helps you plan inlet plumbing deliberately rather than improvising on arrival.
Freight
This is a large LTL item, and Norwesco builds it at three plants spread across the country - Fairfield, TX; Hanford, CA; and St. Bonifacius, MN - so your tank routes from the nearest one, which shortens the LTL lane and lowers freight versus a single-origin source. It ships by LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP. Get your number with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will route it from the closest plant. The listed price is the tank only, before freight; freight is quoted separately to your delivery ZIP.
