The Snyder Industries 120 Gallon Vertical Storage Tank is a crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) black vertical tank rated to 120 gallons, standing 51 inches tall on a compact 34 x 34 inch footprint. If you need real storage capacity in a small floor area, this is the vertical tank to weigh, and the answers below cover whether it works for your job, how it ships, and the one spec most buyers overlook.
Will it work for your site?
The tank is molded from crosslinked linear polyethylene (XLPE) in black, with a specific gravity rating of 1.9 - the wall is engineered to hold contents up to 1.9 times the density of water. Filled with water, contents weigh about 1,001 pounds; loaded to its maximum rated content density, the shell is rated to carry up to 1,902 pounds. Plan your pad and anchoring around those figures. The ports shown on the technical drawing on this page are a flange, a 14-inch polyethylene threaded and vented fitting that doubles as the fill and vent point, and a manway with 11-3/8 inch access - that access dimension is the practical limit for reaching inside to clean and inspect, so verify a hand and tooling fit before you commit. These are molded and threaded ports; confirm you have the mating gaskets and bulkhead hardware for your line before install. As a compact XLPE vertical, this size also works as a rural or remote fire-water reserve and freeze-protection component - our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline for that duty.
Sizing and footprint
At 34 x 34 inches square and 51 inches tall, this vertical storage tank concentrates its capacity into a small floor area and tucks into a corner where a wider tank will not go. Because the full-water weight is just over half a ton, the supporting surface matters as much as the diameter. Here is the sizing move most buyers miss: at a 1.9 specific gravity rating this XLPE unit covers denser fluids than a water-only HDPE tank of the same gallons, so if you are unsure of future contents, size your pad and anchoring against the full 1,902-pound rated load, not the 1,001-pound water figure. Run those numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide to match capacity, weight, and floor space. If you are pouring a slab, our concrete pad sizing guide walks the ACI framework for above-ground polyethylene tanks.
The mistake to avoid
This is an XLPE tank, not standard HDPE, and the two are not interchangeable. Crosslinked polyethylene trades some flexibility for a tougher, more impact- and stress-crack-resistant wall, which is why it carries the higher 1.9 specific gravity rating. Do not spec a lighter HDPE tank as an equivalent just because the gallon number matches - the wall construction is the whole point. Our guide on Snyder XLPE vs HDPE explains exactly when crosslinking earns its keep.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, quoted live to your ZIP code. Its compact 34 x 34 inch square footprint palletizes cleanly, and because it ships from Arkansas, South-Central and Southeast ZIP codes generally quote the lowest rates. Use the Freight Cost Estimator for a rate, or call 866-418-1777 and we will handle it by phone. Listed before freight; freight is quoted separately to your delivery address.
