The Snyder Industries 10,500 gallon black heavy-duty vertical storage tank is bulk water storage built to a 1.9 specific gravity rating, which is the wall headroom that lets it hold dense contents without thinning over time. It stands 169 inches tall on a 142 x 142 inch footprint and holds 10,500 gallons in a polyethylene wall. If you are sizing fire reserve, agricultural water, process water, or bulk rainwater catchment, this is the upper end of bulk vertical storage capacity.
Will this tank work for your site?
Start with the dead load, because a tank this size moves the conversation from "where do I set it" to "what is it sitting on." Filled with water at standard density, the tank weighs roughly 87,570 pounds. The wall is rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, so at its maximum rated contents weight it carries about 166,383 pounds. Practically, that 1.9 rating means contents up to about 1.9 times the density of water fall within the wall rating, which covers most agricultural and process fluids and many brines. A 142 x 142 inch footprint concentrating over 80 tons demands an engineered concrete pad, not compacted gravel. Hand your concrete contractor a starting dimension straight from the footprint: the pad must exceed the 142 inch (11.83 foot) tank diameter with edge margin per the ACI framework. Work the pad sizing against the load before you order using the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide, and read our concrete pad sizing framework covering the ACI 360R-10 and ACI 318 boundary so the foundation is matched to the rated load, not guessed.
The black resin and what it means for your water
The black color is a deliberate choice for outdoor bulk storage: it blocks light transmission, which suppresses algae growth in standing water far better than a translucent or light-colored wall. That makes this vertical storage tank a strong fit for long-dwell applications like fire-water reservoirs and reuse storage where water sits for weeks. If you are building a private fire-protection reserve, our guide on fire-water reservoir tank design walks through NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate aggregation, see our industrial water reuse tank topology for how a vessel this size fits into a quality-banded storage train.
The mistake to avoid
The single most expensive error on a tank this scale is treating the 1.9 specific gravity rating as freeboard you can spend on contents heavier than water without a wall review. That rating is the design ceiling, not an invitation to fill to the brim with dense fluid. If your service is anything other than ambient water, confirm the contents density against the rated wall before you commit, and remember that double-wall containment changes the usable volume math entirely. Our writeup on freeboard sizing per ASTM D1998 shows how thermal expansion and density eat into the volume you can actually use. The second trap is the fittings: outlet, manhole, and vent sizes are not published in the spec sheet for this tank, so do not assume standard placement. Confirm them from the technical drawing on this page or by phone before you finalize any plumbing, and when you have the sizes, match bulkhead fittings and gaskets to both the fitting size and the contents, since the gasket elastomer must suit the fluid, not just the thread. No fittings or gaskets ship with the tank. Finally, do not order before the pad is poured: this tank cannot be repositioned by hand once placed, so the foundation has to be ready and dimensioned to the footprint and rated load on day one.
This black storage tank ships LTL, with freight quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest Snyder plant. Snyder builds this vertical tank at two origins that span the country — Lincoln, NE and Philippi, WV — so a buyer in the western half of the country illustratively routes from Nebraska and an eastern buyer from West Virginia, and you pay for the shorter haul rather than one fixed origin. Get a real number for your address with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to talk through pad requirements, offload, and scheduling for a tank this size. Listed at list price, before freight.
