The Snyder Industries 10500 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a Chowchilla, California-built bulk water tank rated for serious volume: 10,500 gallons of capacity in a 143-inch-diameter footprint standing 179 inches tall. It carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating and an ASTM certification, so the wall is engineered for the load — full of plain water you are looking at roughly 87,570 pounds of contents, while the same tank is rated to carry up to 131,355 pounds at its 1.5 SG ceiling. That headroom is what lets it hold dense fluids beyond water without exceeding its design.
Will it work for your site
This is a vertical storage tank in white HDPE — a polyethylene vessel for atmospheric liquid storage. The technical drawing on this page documents three openings, and it pays to map each to its job before you plumb anything: the 18-inch PE threaded/vented port is your fill-and-vent point, the manway with 15-inch access is for interior inspection and cleaning, and the flange is the structural plumbing connection. Note that only those three fittings are documented here — there is no separate bottom outlet or overflow called out — so confirm your draw and overflow configuration against the technical drawing before you order rather than assuming a fitting exists. On the foundation side, size a level, fully supporting concrete pad to meet or exceed the full 143-inch diameter (about 12 feet) edge to edge, with no overhang, because nearly 88,000 pounds of water concentrates enormous point load through the floor. To dial in the right volume against your demand, run the numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator or read the Tank Sizing Guide.
How it ships
A 10,500-gallon vertical tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Chowchilla, California, quoted live to your ZIP. At this diameter and height it moves as a dedicated oversized load, so the destination, access, and offload equipment at your site drive the cost. Get an exact number with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 and we will work the routing with you.
The mistake to avoid
The trap on a tank this large is treating the 1.5 SG rating as a blank check. It is the structural ceiling, not a sizing target: plain water puts about 87,570 pounds on your pad, while a fluid near 1.5 specific gravity drives you to the full 131,355-pound contents weight — a 43,785-pound jump of roughly 50 percent that your pad, anchoring, and bund must absorb. Size your foundation and containment to the heaviest fluid you actually intend to store, not to water. For the engineering behind why wall thickness and freeboard matter at this scale, the 10500 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank buyer's guide and our HDPE wall-thickness and ASTM D1998 sizing walkthrough are worth reading; for rural fire-reserve and freeze-protected applications, see the fire-water reservoir design guide.
Ready to move on this vertical HDPE storage tank? Get your freight quoted live to your ZIP with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to lock in routing and offload for an oversized LTL shipment from Chowchilla.
