The Snyder Industries 130 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a White, polyethylene vertical tank built for water and general liquid storage, carrying an ASTM-compliant 1.9 specific-gravity rating and standing 49 inches tall on a compact 29 x 29-inch footprint. If you are pricing out a vertical storage tank for a pump shed, well house, agricultural site, or fire-water reservoir, this Snyder vertical answers the three questions that actually matter before you buy: will it hold what I am putting in it, what does it cost to get to my site, and what is the one detail people get wrong on a tank like this.
Will it work for your liquid
The tank is rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, which is unusually high headroom for a 130-gallon vertical and means you are not capacity-limited by the weight of dense liquids the way you would be on a 1.5-rated shell. In practical terms the 1.9 rating lets you store liquids denser than water, up to roughly 2,060 pounds of contents, so this shell qualifies for many dense solutions a 1.0- or 1.5-rated water tank cannot hold. At a full 130 gallons of water the contents weigh about 1,084 pounds, leaving plenty of structural margin. This is an HDPE polyethylene shell; if you want the sizing logic behind that wall thickness, our HDPE wall thickness and ASTM D1998 sizing guide walks through where premature failures actually originate. At 49 inches tall on a 29 x 29-inch footprint, confirm your doorway and shed clearance before delivery so the tank lands where you need it.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this tank is configured with a flange fitting, an 8-inch PE threaded/vented fitting, and a manway with 8-inch access. That 8-inch manway is large enough for interior cleaning and inspection access, which matters on a tank you will service over its life. Confirm the as-built fitting layout against the drawing before you plumb your inlet and outlet, since fitting placement drives where your pump and overflow lines land. Verify the flange bolt pattern and the 8-inch PE thread type against your bulkhead fittings and gaskets before you order plumbing, so your inlet and outlet seal correctly on the first install. To dial in whether 130 gallons is the right volume for your draw rate and refill cycle, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator or read the Tank Sizing Guide. If this is going into a rural fire-protection role, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection.
The mistake to avoid
The common error on a high-SG-rated vertical like this one is treating the 1.9 rating as a license to skip freeboard. The rating tells you the shell can structurally carry a dense liquid, but you still need to size for thermal expansion and avoid filling to the very top, especially with denser contents. The Snyder freeboard sizing breakdown explains the ASTM D1998 logic for how much usable volume you actually get. For a full walkthrough of this exact size, see our 130 gallon vertical liquid storage tank buyer's guide.
This Snyder vertical ships LTL freight from the Lincoln, NE plant and is quoted live to your ZIP code. Get an exact number through our Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote the delivery to your site.
