The Snyder Industries 1500 Gallon ASTM Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is a molded polyethylene black vertical storage tank built for bulk water and rated for demanding service. It stands 72 inches tall on an 86-by-86-inch footprint, holds 1500 gallons, and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating - the heaviest fluid density Snyder qualifies this shell against, which is why "heavy duty" belongs in the name. If you are shopping the 1500 gallon vertical tank class and want a Snyder unit that backs the capacity with real wall thickness, this is the one.
Will it work for your site?
The three numbers that decide the job are footprint width, height, and loaded weight. This tank occupies an 86 x 86 inch square and reaches 72 inches tall, so plan your pad and any fill access around those dimensions before you commit the plumbing. Filled with plain water the contents weigh 12,510 pounds; at the full 1.9 SG rating the tank is qualified to carry up to 23,769 pounds of contents. That 1.9 SG figure is the rating ceiling, so any fluid up to 1.9 specific gravity is within spec at the full 1500 gallons - the headroom above water is real, and you can size for a denser-than-water fluid without stepping up to a different shell. Size the slab for the load you will actually run, not just the water case. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you match capacity to draw-down and refill cadence, and the Snyder freeboard sizing guide walks through the ASTM D1998 thermal-expansion allowance that governs the volume you can actually use.
The black shell and where it fits
The black pigment blocks light, which suppresses the algae growth that plagues translucent tanks in outdoor water storage - a practical reason black vertical storage tanks get specified for fire reserves, irrigation, and reuse trains. If this unit is headed for a private fire-protection reservoir, the sizing discipline in our fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 volume and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, or condensate aggregation, see our industrial water reuse tank topology guide for banding storage by water quality.
The mistake to avoid
Set this tank on grade or on an undersized pad and you will fight it for the life of the install. A vertical tank of this footprint transfers its full loaded weight straight down through the base, so a level, full-contact, properly sized concrete pad is not optional at 12,510-plus pounds of water. Before you pour, walk through our concrete pad sizing guide for the ACI 360R-10 framework - a full pad under the entire 86-inch footprint, not a ring or piers.
This tank ships LTL freight from Snyder's plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, with the rate quoted live to your ZIP - get your number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777. Because it leaves Arkansas, freight cost generally drops the closer you are to the mid-South, so it is worth pulling a quote before you compare options.
