12,500 gallons in black at 1.5 specific gravity, sixteen and a half feet on a 142 inch base
The Snyder 5350000C37-BLACK is a black polyethylene vertical storage tank, 142 inches across and 198 inches tall, holding 12,500 gallons at 3,100 pounds. It is the general-grade black 12,500: two and a half tankers on a twelve foot circle, the 18 inch threaded, vented manway at sixteen and a half feet, in a wall rated for a specific gravity of 1.5, or 156,375 pounds of contents against 104,250 for water, the middle wall that holds brine, fertilizer solution and coagulant as delivered as well as water, under a black wall that keeps light off all of it. A 3 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead outlet, a 3 year warranty, and freight at class 300 from Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Two tankers of water or fertilizer, kept dark
A water wall is for water and nothing heavier; the heaviest wall is for concentrated acid; a 1.5 wall is the middle, sized for the liquids most co-ops and plants actually store in bulk, with margin, and the C34 beside it in this shell carries the heavier rating on its own sheet for the dense chemicals. Black polyethylene absorbs the ultraviolet that ages a white wall and passes no light to the liquid, so stored water holds clear through a whole summer and a light-sensitive liquid keeps its strength; it runs warmer in the sun, and it hides the level, so a sender read at ground level is the gauge on a tank nobody climbs to look into. Full at the rating it puts 156,375 pounds on a 142 inch circle: an engineered slab in full contact per the concrete pad sizing guide, a berm sized to the tank when the liquid is regulated, and cables to structure before the first fill, because sixteen feet of empty polyethylene is a sail. The tank sizing calculator tells you whether 12,500 gallons covers the draw between deliveries, and the tank sizing guide covers the reserve to leave in the bottom.
Grades on the 142 x 198 inch tank, and the 12,000 and 15,000 beside it
| Part | Gallons | Diameter x height | Empty weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5350000C37-BLACK (this tank, black, 1.5 SG) | 12,500 | 142 x 198 in | 3,100 lb |
| 5350000C34 (black) | 12,500 | 142 x 198 in | 3,100 lb |
| 5350000N40 | 12,500 | 142 x 198 in | 3,100 lb |
| 5350000N42 (XLPE) | 12,500 | 142 x 198 in | 4,200 lb |
| 32074 (water) | 12,000 | 142 x 197 in | 2,482 lb |
| 3030100C26 (wide) | 15,000 | 165 x 184 in | 4,400 lb |
The C34 is the other black tank in this shell at this weight, rated on its own sheet for the dense chemicals, and the N40 the other chemical grade; the N42 is the cross-linked one for hypochlorite and peroxide, 1,100 pounds heavier on the sheet. The 32074 is the 12,000 gallon water tank in the same footprint an inch shorter, and the 3030100C26 puts 15,000 gallons on a 165 inch base at 184 inches, a foot lower, for a site with yard.
Not sure which one? Tell us the liquid, the site and the ceiling height at 866-418-1777, or request a written quote with freight to your ZIP.
The 3 inch bulkhead and the vent above it
- Outlet: 3 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting, at the base; a flanged transition, a flexible connector between the bulkhead and hard pipe, and the valve supported off the pad in the material the liquid calls for.
- Access: 18 inch threaded, vented manway, 198 inches up; a platform with a rail for anyone who opens it. Fill through a dip tube to the floor, vent outside on anything that fumes, and size the vent for the delivery pump, because a tanker's pump moves air faster than a stock vent passes it.
- Service limit: 120 F / 48 C.
Sixteen feet of liquid above a 3 inch outlet is the strongest flooded suction in the family, and the outlet fills a pumper's suction or drains a full tank in a working shift; mount the pump below the outlet for a gravity prime, and fit a low-level float so it never pumps air. Keep the manway closed and screened, label the one liquid the tank holds, and where it freezes, insulate or trace the outlet valve and the first pipe run; the body takes ice from the top down without harm.
Bulk water and fertilizer, in the sun
Liquid fertilizer at a co-op where the tank stands in the open, bulk water at a plant or a ranch in full sun where algae is the enemy, a rain cistern under a very large roof, coagulant at a water plant, and a fire reserve of the kind the fire-water reservoir design guide describes, where sixteen feet of head does part of the pump's work. Several are the storage stage of a reuse system for roof water and condensate, per the industrial water reuse tank topology article, where the dark wall keeps the stored water from turning green.
From Lincoln, as a permitted load
The 5350000C37-BLACK ships from Lincoln, Nebraska as freight at class 300 as the sheet lists it; at 142 inches across and 198 long on the deck it is a permitted load, and the freight cost estimator prices the lane to your ZIP, with the listed price before freight. A crane stands 3,100 pounds up with straps under the body, never through the manway, and the cables go on before the crane leaves. Fill it to the manway once and hold it, watching the pad edge and the outlet fitting, before the pump goes on. Stand at the tank for the whole of the first delivery, first gallon to last. Chalk the full-water line on the outside after the first fill; it is the level every later reading gets checked against.
Freight and documents
Ships from: Lincoln, NE. LTL freight is quoted to your ZIP with the freight cost estimator or by phone at 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.
Technical drawing (PDF) for Snyder Industries 5350000C37-BLACK.
See this tank
Interactive 3D model with live fill. This tank has an interactive 3D model built to its manufacturer dimensions. Rotate it, and set a fill level to see how much liquid it holds at any height. Open the 3D view on the product photo above. Download the 3D model (GLB).
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