The Snyder Industries 10,500-gallon vertical storage tank is a large-format black crosslinked polyethylene tank built for bulk water and high-density liquid storage. It stands 169 inches tall on a 142 x 142-inch footprint, and its crosslinked (XLPE) wall carries a 1.4 specific gravity rating, so it holds contents denser than water without derating the shell. If you are staging fire-protection reserves, agricultural supply, or industrial process and reuse water, this is a mainline vertical storage tank sized for the job.
Will it work for your site
Start with weight, because a tank this size governs your foundation. Filled with water it carries 87,570 pounds of contents; loaded to its full 1.4 SG rating it reaches 122,598 pounds. That load rides on a 142 x 142-inch footprint under 169 inches of fill height, so plan both a properly engineered, level concrete pad and the overhead clearance to fill and vent it. A pad this heavily loaded is not optional. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm the capacity you actually need before you commit, and our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks the ACI 360R-10 framework for a pad that carries this load.
The 1.4 SG rating and how to use it
The most common mistake on a crosslinked vertical tank this large is treating the specific gravity rating as spare margin. The 1.4 rating is the ceiling for the density of the liquid you store, not a safety factor to spend. For potable or process water your contents sit near 1.0 specific gravity, well under the ceiling, so the rating is genuine headroom for sediment-laden, brine, or reuse water rather than a target to fill toward. Match your contents' specific gravity to the tank's rating, and leave freeboard for thermal expansion instead of filling to the brim. Snyder's guidance on freeboard sizing per ASTM D1998 explains the usable-volume math for these tanks.
Fittings and application
Fitting and outlet placement on a tank this size is drawing-specific, so treat the technical drawing on this page as the single source of truth for your bulkhead, outlet, and manway layout, and call 866-418-1777 before you order if you need to confirm the exact fitting selection for your plumbing. At 10,500 gallons this vertical tank works as a private fire-water reservoir and as aggregation storage for grey-water, rainwater, and condensate reuse trains. See our guides on fire-water reservoir design and NFPA 22 sizing and industrial water reuse tank topology for the engineering behind each.
This black vertical storage tank ships by LTL freight from the nearest Snyder plant, either Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV, and freight is quoted live to your ZIP. Get a number in minutes with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm sizing, fittings, and delivery for your site.
