The Snyder Industries 130 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a 51-inch-tall vertical tank on a compact 29 x 29-inch footprint, molded in white polyethylene and carrying ASTM certification. It is rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, which is the headline number to read first: this is a heavy-duty wall build meant for liquids substantially denser than water, not just a water barrel that happens to be tall. If you are storing potable or process water you have margin to spare; if you are storing a denser liquid, you have the wall rating to match.
Dimensions: 51 in H x 29 in dia (29 x 29 in round footprint). Ships from Merced, California.
Will this Snyder vertical tank work for your job?
Sizing is where most buyers get caught, so work the weight before the gallons. Filled with water this 130-gallon tank carries about 1,084 pounds of contents, and the shell is rated to hold up to 2,060 pounds of liquid at its 1.9 specific gravity ceiling - roughly 976 pounds of headroom above plain water service. That spread tells you the slab, stand, or skid under it has to be engineered for the LOADED weight, not the empty tank you set in place. Confirm your pad is level and rated for that load, leave clearance for the lid and any plumbing, and remember the 29-inch round base is what transfers all of it to the floor. For working through capacity and pad loads on this exact model, the Tank Sizing Calculator and our Tank Sizing Guide walk the math, and the 130 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank buyer's guide covers this size in depth.
Reading the specs and fittings
Dimensions and fitting placement are detailed on the technical drawing on this page. Confirm the specific outlet, inlet, and bulkhead locations against your plumbing before you order, and call us at 866-418-1777 if you need the fitting configuration verified for your system, since those locations on a vertical storage tank determine how it ties into your inlet, outlet, and overflow runs. The ASTM certification on this Snyder unit ties to ASTM D1998, the standard that governs how a polyethylene vertical tank is sized and wall-thickness-rated, and the spot worth understanding is the vapor-saturated headspace above the liquid line, where HDPE walls thin and premature failures tend to start. Our guide on HDPE tank wall thickness at the vapor-saturated headspace explains why liquid-side inspection misses it and how the D1998 sizing logic protects against it.
The mistake to avoid on this tank
The 1.9 specific-gravity rating is the number people misread. It is a CEILING, not an instruction - it means the wall can safely carry liquids up to 1.9 times the density of water, but it does not change the fact that you must match your actual liquid's density to that limit and never exceed it. If your contents sit well below 1.9 (water and most water-service liquids do), you are inside the envelope with room to spare. If you are running a heavier liquid, do the density check first. For applications like fire-water reservoirs and rural storage where this vertical HDPE format is common, the fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection.
This Snyder 130-gallon vertical storage tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Merced, California, quoted live to your ZIP - and since freight scales with distance from Merced, run a number before you commit if you are shipping outside the West. Get an exact quote with our Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you. Freight is billed separately from the tank's list price.
