The Snyder Industries 120 Gallon HDPE Stackable IBC Tote Tank is a 120-gallon bulk container molded in white high density linear polyethylene with a 1.9 specific gravity rating, which means it is engineered to hold dense process chemistry, not just water. The footprint runs 45 inches by 46 inches with a 34-inch height, so it palletizes cleanly while keeping fluid weight low and centered. As an IBC tote tank it sits between a drum and a bulk vertical tank, giving you forklift portability with meaningful volume for batch handling and chemical transfer.
Will this tote handle your weight and footprint?
Filled with water this tote carries roughly 1,001 pounds of contents, and its 1.9 SG rating supports a maximum rated contents weight of 1,902 pounds. Here is the practical trap on a heavy tote: that 1,902 lb ceiling binds before the volume does. At full 120-gallon fill, the cap is reached at a fluid specific gravity of about 1.58, so any chemistry denser than that means you must drop fill volume to stay under the weight limit — the 1.9 rating describes the shell's structural capability, not a license to fill to the brim with the densest fluid. Confirm loaded weight against your rack capacity and forklift rating using the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide. The 45 x 46-inch footprint is the dimension to lay out against your containment pad or pallet positions. It is a stackable tote by design, but the pack carries no published stack-load rating, so confirm stacking height with the OEM stacking specification before you build a column. See the technical drawing on this page for overall geometry.
Chemical compatibility
This tote is molded in HDLPE rated to 1.9 specific gravity, so it carries dense chemistry that lighter-rated polyethylene cannot. Compatibility always depends on concentration and temperature, so verify your exact chemistry against the OEM chemical-resistance chart and our Chemical Compatibility Database before service. Match the fitting and gasket materials to the chemical, not just the tank. A common service for a tote this size is DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) at 32.5% — run it on 316SS fittings with EPDM gaskets. Other verified-compatible chemistries for this resin and SG rating include:
- Sulfuric Acid 98% — CPVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Hydrochloric Acid 37% — PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Hydrofluoric Acid 48% — PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Phosphoric Acid 85% — PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Hydrogen Peroxide 50% — PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Sodium Hypochlorite <16.5% — PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Peracetic Acid 30% — 316SS fittings, Aflas gaskets
- Ferric Chloride 50% — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Aluminum Sulfate 50% — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Carbonate 30% — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Hydroxide (saturated) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Urea Solution 50% — PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ethylene Glycol 100% — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Acetic Acid 60% — PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Calcium Chloride 40% — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Polyaluminum Chloride — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ozonated Water up to 10 PPM — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
Additional verified chemistries on the OEM chart include ferric sulfate, ferrous sulfate, hydrofluosilicic acid, magnesium chloride, potassium carbonate, propylene glycol, sodium bisulfate, sodium bisulfite, sodium thiosulfate, and zinc orthophosphate — match each to the listed fitting and gasket material, concentration- and temperature-specific. Note the gasket split: oxidizers and strong acids call for Viton or Aflas, while salts and glycols run on EPDM.
The mistake to avoid on a 1.9 SG tote
The most common error is treating the tank shell as the whole compatibility answer. A 1.9-rated HDLPE shell may hold a chemical, but the wrong fitting or gasket will fail first — running EPDM on sodium hypochlorite or sulfuric acid instead of the specified Viton, for example, is how a "compatible" tank still leaks. This tote does not come with a fixed factory fitting package, so nothing is assumed: fittings are configured to your order, which is why specifying the fitting and gasket material to the chemical from the chart above matters every time. If you are deciding between packaging tiers, our tote vs drum vs tank guide and the drum vs tote vs bulk tank break-even analysis walk the math. For hazardous-waste service, review RCRA 40 CFR 264.193 secondary containment and the Captor Plus 110% containment vs UL-142 comparison.
This IBC tote ships LTL from the Snyder Industries plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, with freight quoted live to your ZIP — get your number with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to spec fittings, stacking, and delivery. Browse our full range of HDPE IBC and tote tank options to match capacity, footprint, and chemistry to your operation.
