Snyder Industries 10500 Gallon ASTM XLPE Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank

More than one rating at 10,500 gallons, and the case for 1.9

Snyder makes 10,500 gallons in more than one rating. Take this one when the liquid is heavier than 1.5 times water; take a lighter rating when the liquid is known and light. Cross-linked polyethylene is the wall for chemistry that attacks or softens a linear wall and for liquids that arrive warm, and our guide to when cross-linking matters for chemistry duty works through the decision chemical by chemical. A rotationally moulded floor bears on its whole floor, so 166,383 lb lands on the 143 inch circle; engineer the slab to our concrete pad sizing guide, level and in full contact, inside containment sized to the tank. A warm liquid moves the wall more than a cold one, so keep the freeboard the tank sizing guide calls for, and check the volume against your draw in the tank sizing calculator. Band the empty shell to structure or to slab anchors before the first fill.

What to check before you buy

1. The liquid, its density and its temperature. 1.9 and 140 F are limits. Write all three next to the liquid's name on the wall, and tell us before you order if either is close.
2. The outlet. This page lists the manway, not a bottom fitting. Tell us the liquid and the draw-off arrangement and we will confirm what this tank accepts, in what material and with what gasket, before anything is drilled. The base fitting sits on its own support off the pad with a flexible connector to hard pipe.
3. The manway and the vent. 18 inch threaded and vented, 179 inches above the pad: a fixed platform with a rail and a gate or a caged ladder to a landing. A tank filled from a tanker breathes through its vent as fast as the pump delivers, so size the vent to the delivery pump, land a permanent fill line at the manway with a dip tube to the floor, and run the vent outdoors on anything that fumes.

A black wall gives no level to read, so a sender with a readout at the ground is part of the install. Snyder's drawing for this tank is linked under Technical Drawing on this page.

The other ratings, and the sizes either side

Snyder's other 10,500 gallon tanks: the 10500 gallon 1.35 SG vertical tank 5330000N29 rated 1.35, the linear 10500 gallon black heavy duty tank 5330000C34 for a dense but cool liquid, and the 10500 gallon black vertical tank 5330000C37-BLACK for one no heavier than water. Either side in volume: the 10000 gallon dark green vertical tank 32026 and the 12000 gallon white vertical tank 32074.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships at freight class 300, 143 by 143 by 179 inches, 3,000 lb, from Snyder's plant at Chowchilla, California, on an open deck as a permitted wide load, so a West Coast pad is on a short lane and anything east should be priced rather than assumed. Put your ZIP into the freight cost estimator and walk the route in before the order. The listed price is before freight. Unload with a crane or a heavy forklift, straps under the body, never a sling through the manway. Check the part number against 5330300N48 on the bill of lading. Fill it with cold water to the manway before anything warm or dense goes in, and walk the base and the containment floor while it holds.

Ready to order? Add it to your cart at the top of this page, get LTL freight to your ZIP, or call 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.