The Snyder Industries 10,500-gallon vertical storage tank is a large-format bulk-storage vessel molded from crosslinked linear polyethylene (XLPE) in natural white and rated to 1.4 specific gravity. It stands 169 inches tall on a 142-by-142-inch footprint, giving you one upright vessel for high-volume water storage where floor space is tight relative to capacity. The natural white translucency lets you eyeball the liquid level through the wall, and the crosslinked resin gives this white vertical storage tank a tougher, more impact- and stress-crack-resistant wall than a comparable linear tank of the same size.
Will it work for your site
On a tank this large, sizing is where it earns its footprint. Filled with water, the contents alone weigh roughly 87,570 lb, and at the full 1.4 SG rating the maximum rated contents weight climbs to about 122,598 lb. Those are structural numbers, not shipping numbers — they drive your pad, not your freight quote. A vessel of this mass needs a properly engineered, level foundation sized for the loaded weight, and the mistake to avoid is under-building it: the pad has to carry the loaded tank, not the empty shell.
- Footprint: 142 x 142 in
- Height: 169 in
- Full-water weight: ~87,570 lb
- Max rated contents (1.4 SG): ~122,598 lb
Work the numbers for your site with our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide. Nameplate gallons and usable gallons are not the same once you account for freeboard, so our breakdown of freeboard sizing per ASTM D1998 shows the real volume you can actually use. If the tank feeds a foundation design, our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI framework. Confirm fitting locations and outlet placement against the technical drawing on this page before you set the pad and plumbing.
Common water-storage applications
This is a workhorse vertical tank for rural and remote water reserves, agricultural and irrigation supply, process make-up water, and reuse trains. For private fire protection, the reservoir-sizing discipline in our fire-water reservoir tank design guide is worth a read, and for grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation see our industrial water reuse tank topology breakdown.
Freight and ordering
A 169-inch-tall, 10,500-gallon vessel of this footprint moves as a dedicated oversize freight shipment, not standard parcel. It ships LTL, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest Snyder plant — Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV — and which plant serves you drives the rate, so get an accurate number before you order with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote the freight and confirm lead time for you.
