The Snyder Industries 10500 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a full-scale bulk storage vessel built in white polyethylene for water, fire-reserve, and high-density liquid duty. It stands 169 inches - just over 14 feet - tall on a 142-inch x 142-inch footprint, holds 10,500 gallons, and carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating. That SG number is the most important spec on this page: it means the tank is built to hold liquids up to 50% denser than water, giving you real headroom for heavier-than-water process and water-treatment liquids rather than just plain water.
Will this tank work for your application?
At 10,500 gallons, this vertical storage tank is sized for serious volume: rural fire-water reservoirs, agricultural and process water, rainwater and industrial water-reuse trains, and bulk liquid holding where one large vessel beats a bank of smaller ones. Filled with plain water it carries roughly 87,570 lbs of contents; at its full 1.5 SG rating it is built to hold up to 131,355 lbs. Plan the install around two dimensions that matter most here - the 142.0 x 142.0 inch footprint your pad has to support, and the 169-inch height, which means budgeting roughly 14 feet of vertical clearance plus room above the top for fill, vent, and manway access. If you are still confirming the volume you need, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to a single 10,500-gallon vessel versus a multi-tank layout.
Foundation, fittings, and the mistake to avoid
The mistake buyers make on a tank this large is treating the pad as an afterthought. A vessel rated to hold 131,355 lbs of contents needs a properly engineered, level, full-footprint foundation under the entire 142-inch base - a partial or under-spec pad is the fastest way to ruin an otherwise sound tank. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework and where the ACI 318 boundary applies. One honest note on hardware: fitting, outlet, and manway sizes are not listed on this page - confirm them against the technical drawing on this page before you order any bulkhead, manway, or outlet hardware, since what is shown there governs your plumbing layout. Don't size that hardware on assumption.
Fire-reserve and water-reuse service
This size is a common choice for private fire-protection reservoirs and for banded water-reuse storage. If that is your use case, our write-ups on fire-water reservoir tank design for rural and remote sites and industrial water-reuse tank topology cover NFPA 22 sizing discipline, freeze protection for cold climates, and how grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate streams get aggregated into quality-banded storage trains. For a deeper dive on this exact size, see our 10500 gallon vertical liquid storage tank buyer's guide.
Freight and ordering
This white vertical storage tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP code. It ships from the nearest Snyder Industries plant - Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV - so where it originates depends on your delivery address. Those two origins sit roughly a thousand miles apart, which means freight can swing materially by ZIP, and it is exactly why you should pin down a real number before you buy. Get an accurate quote with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will work out the closest plant and the right freight for your site. List price on this page is before freight; freight is quoted separately to your ZIP.
