Snyder Industries 120 Gallon 304 Stainless Steel Supertainer IBC Tote Tank

The shortest tote in the family, and what it is for

Put this one against its siblings and the case makes itself. It holds 120 gallons on the same 42 by 48 inch plan the tallest members of this family use, which means it uses the full footprint for barely a fifth of the volume. That sounds like a poor trade until you look at the height. At 23.25 inches this vessel is under two feet tall. The 165 gallon 6984000B51306 on the same plan is 26.25 inches and 326 pounds; the two other 120 gallon listings on the sheet take a different route entirely, SII-6660015B97202 at 46 by 45 by 34 inches and 187 pounds, and SII-6660015B97204 at 45 by 45 by 36 inches and 212.3 pounds. So there are two ways to buy 120 gallons here: wide and low on the family plan at 315 pounds of steel, or squarer and taller at roughly two thirds of that weight. The reason to take this one is anywhere a vessel has to go under something or be worked over the top of. Twenty-three and a quarter inches slides under a bench, a conveyor, a tank skirt or a mezzanine, sits on a low trolley without becoming top-heavy, and puts a 22 inch manway at a height where a person leans over it rather than climbs to it. That is a real advantage for a vessel that gets opened, sampled and washed constantly. It is a poor choice if what you need is volume per square foot; for that, the taller members of the family are on the same rectangle. Check the volume against your turnover in the tank sizing calculator, take the headspace from the tank sizing guide, and where the honest question is drum, cube, tote or tank, the container against tank buying guide is the right place to start.

Two 120s at 42 by 48, two more at 46 and 45, and a 165

Four of these five hold exactly 120 gallons and every one of them does it differently. This tote and 6984000B51320 are the same 42 by 48 by 23.25 inch shell at the same 315 pounds under two part numbers, with no published difference between them; order the number your paperwork names and we will confirm the record against the part. The other two 120 gallon rows are on square plans rather than the family rectangle: 46 by 45 inches standing 34 inches at 187 pounds, and 45 by 45 inches standing 36 inches at 212.3 pounds. Neither is listed as stainless here and neither is described that way on this page. What they demonstrate is the same volume arranged for a different constraint: taller, squarer and far lighter, which suits a site that lifts by hand truck and has headroom to spare. The last row is the one worth costing out. 6984000B51306 keeps this exact 42 by 48 inch plan, grows to 26.25 inches, weighs 326 pounds and holds 165 gallons. Three inches of height and eleven pounds buys forty-five more gallons on the footprint you were going to occupy anyway. If nothing above the tote's position is forcing the 23.25 inch dimension, that step is usually the better buy; if something is, this is the vessel that fits under it.

Need a different size? Every tank in the table is in stock programs; ask for a quote on the one that fits, or call 866-418-1777.

A 22 inch manway on a 23 inch tall tote

• The manway and the lid: 22 inches of vented opening on a vessel 23.25 inches tall. Almost the whole top face of this tote is access, which makes it the easiest member of the family to inspect, swab, wash and drain properly, and it is the reason a short tote is often chosen for a product that has to be verified clean between batches.
• The vent path: the manway is listed as vented. On 120 gallons drawn down through a 2 inch valve the air demand is modest, but the principle does not change: keep the path clear and never blank it to stop a smell.
• Headspace: a shallow vessel has a shallow air space. Fill to leave room rather than to the rim, and the tote will forgive a warm afternoon.
• The inlet: a 2 inch access port as listed, with the coupling arrangement confirmed against the part before it ships.
• The outlet: a 2 inch 316 stainless ball valve. On a tote only 23.25 inches tall the valve sits low, so plan the clearance under it for a hose, a drum, a pail or a trolley before you decide what the vessel stands on.
• Limits: the sheet gives no service temperature, no warranty term, no pressure rating and no stacking load, so this page asserts none.

Where the valve feeds a small metering pump, the low outlet height is the thing to design around rather than fight; the pump skid design guide for tank-fed dosing sets out the suction geometry, the drip pan and the leak detection that belong under it.

Benches, low docks and 120 gallon draws

A hundred and twenty gallons under two feet tall turns up wherever the space above the vessel is spoken for: under benches and conveyors in food, beverage and dairy plants, inside containerised and skid-mounted process units, in pilot and laboratory scale-up areas, under mezzanines in cosmetics and personal care blending, and on low trolleys and carts that move a working quantity to a line and back. It is also the size that suits a product too valuable or too specific to buy in several hundred gallon lots, where a smaller steel vessel that can be cleaned and certified between batches beats a bigger one that is never emptied. The small volume is not the limitation people expect; the flat, wide 315 pound shape is what wins the argument, and it is why this tote ends up in rooms nothing else will fit. Check what the 120 gallons will be against our chemical compatibility lookup before ordering, so the manway gasket and the valve seat are picked on the chemistry.

315 pounds and the lowest shipment in the family

The sheet gives the freight class as 125, with no NMFC number and no plant listed, so this page names no origin. Price the move to your ZIP with the freight cost estimator; the listed price is before freight. This is the simplest unit in the family to receive: 42 by 48 inches on the deck and only 23.25 inches tall, which loads flat, stacks next to other freight and clears any door the truck itself could reach. At 315 pounds empty it is still a forklift job under the base rather than a two-person lift, and it is never lifted by the 22 inch manway. Set it on flat, continuous, level support in the position it will work in, then fill it with clean water, hold the 1,001 pound load, and read the manway seal, the access port and the 2 inch valve joint. Check the clearance under the valve with water actually in the vessel, because on a tote this low the container you drain into is the thing that does not fit. Where the contents are a regulated waste, the secondary containment rule for hazardous waste tank systems gives the leak detection options and the inspection cadence to plan around. Mark the clear height it needs on the floor where it lives; the shortest tote in a fleet is the one that gets parked somewhere it cannot be opened. Keep the first delivery's paperwork with the tank; strength and date on day one is the baseline for every batch after.