The Snyder Industries 1400 Gallon XLPE Heavy Duty Cone Bottom Tank is a crosslinked polyethylene cone tank built for aggressive chemical service, rated to 1.9 specific gravity so it carries dense, heavy chemistries that lower-rated tanks cannot safely hold. It measures 80 inches tall on an 86 x 86 inch footprint, holds 1,400 gallons, and is molded in black XLPE. Crosslinked polyethylene is specified for chemistry duty where its resin behavior differs from standard HDPE, which is the reason to consider this Snyder cone tank for storage and metered draw-down of process chemicals.
Will it work for your job?
This is a cone bottom tank, so the sloped floor drains and empties cleanly, which matters when you are handling settling solutions or batching chemicals you want to discharge completely. Filled with plain water (specific gravity 1.0) it weighs about 11,676 pounds; loaded to its full 1.9 SG rating the tank and contents reach roughly 22,184 pounds, so your stand, pad, and anchoring must be engineered for that mass. A cone bottom tank always needs a support stand sized to the tank; our Cone Bottom Tank Stand Compatibility Matrix covers Norwesco, Snyder, and Enduraplas stand pairing, and the level gauge selection guide walks through radar, ultrasonic, hydrostatic, and magnetostrictive options for chemical duty. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide to confirm the 1,400-gallon volume and loaded weight against your application before you order. Freight ships LTL from whichever of two plants is nearest your ZIP, so origin and freight cost depend on your location; get a live number from the Freight Cost Estimator. See the technical drawing on this page for port and dimension detail.
Chemical compatibility
This tank is molded in XLPE (crosslinked polyethylene) and is rated to 1.9 specific gravity, which is the top of the rated range for this Snyder cone tank, so there is no higher-SG tank to step up to. Because crosslinking can make a difference for chemistry duty, read Snyder XLPE vs HDPE: When Crosslinking Matters for Chemistry Duty before you commit a chemical to it. The following solutions are compatible with this XLPE tank per the OEM chemical-resistance chart; cross-check each against our Chemical Compatibility Database:
The OEM chart is concentration- and temperature-specific. Each listing below applies only at the stated concentration and ambient temperature — confirm your exact concentration and operating temperature before you trust any single line.
- Acetic Acid (60%) — PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Aluminum Sulfate (50%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Calcium Chloride (40%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- DEF (32.5%) — 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ethylene Glycol (100%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferric Chloride (50%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferric Sulfate (60%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferrous Sulfate (20%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Hydrofluosilicic Acid (26%) — PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Magnesium Chloride (30%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Polyaluminum Chloride — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Carbonate (50%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Hydroxide (saturated) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Propylene Glycol — PP/316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Carbonate (30%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Thiosulfate (40%) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Urea Solution (50%) — PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ozonated Water (up to 10 PPM) — PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
Fittings and gaskets are not the tank wall; the resin can hold a chemical while the wrong gasket fails first. Match your gasket material to the chemical, not just the tank.
The mistake to avoid
The costly error on a 1.9 SG cone like this is matching the fitting and gasket material to the wrong chemical, or undersizing the stand for a fully loaded weight north of 22,000 pounds. Most of the solutions above run PVC fittings with EPDM gaskets, but two are exceptions you have to catch: Hydrofluosilicic Acid requires Viton gaskets rather than EPDM, and DEF requires 316 stainless fittings. Confirm your exact concentration and temperature on the OEM chemical-resistance chart before committing, because that chart is what governs whether a listing here applies to your real-world conditions.
This cone bottom tank ships LTL freight from the nearest Snyder plant in our network — Chowchilla, CA or Lincoln, NE — with freight quoted live to your ZIP. Get an instant number with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 to confirm fittings, gasket material, and stand sizing for your chemical before you buy.
