The Snyder Industries 1550 Gallon Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is a 1,550-gallon polyethylene vertical storage tank built for bulk water and process-liquid storage where you need real capacity on a compact pad. It stands 124 inches tall on a 64 x 64-inch footprint, molded in natural white so you can read the liquid level through the wall, and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating - the heavy-duty build of Snyder's vertical line, with the wall engineered to the density ceiling rather than just the water load. We stock it from three plants - Lincoln, NE; Marked Tree, AR; and Philippi, WV - so the nearest origin ships to most of the country without a long LTL haul.
Will this tank do the job?
This is a true vertical storage tank in the 1550-gallon class, the size you reach for when a smaller water tank runs short and you do not want a sprawling horizontal footprint. Filled with water at a 1.0 specific gravity, the contents weigh roughly 12,927 pounds, so the pad and any structure beneath it have to carry that load plus the empty tank. The 1.9 SG rating means the wall is built to hold contents up to 1.9 times the density of water, giving the tank a maximum rated contents weight of about 24,561 pounds; for water service you sit well inside that envelope. The footprint is a flat 64.0 x 64.0 inches, which keeps the tank tight against a wall or inside a containment ring. Before you finalize the location, run the dimensions and full-water weight through the Tank Sizing Calculator and review the Tank Sizing Guide so the pad and inlet height line up with how you will fill and draw.
Pad, plumbing, and the drawing
At 124 inches tall and over six tons full, this tank lives or dies on its foundation. A level, properly sized concrete pad is not optional at this size - an unlevel or undersized base puts uneven stress into the sidewall over time. Our walkthrough on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks lays out the ACI 360R-10 framework so your slab is matched to the load, not guessed. For the fitting locations, outlet, and exact dimensional callouts, see the technical drawing on this page; tie your plumbing into the molded outlet with the manufacturer's bulkhead fitting and gasket rather than field-cutting, and plan the tie-ins around the molded outlet position. If you are weighing a single-wall vertical against a contained build, the guide on Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard sizing walks through freeboard and usable-volume math. For fire-water reserves or cold-climate sites, the guides on fire-water reservoir design and freeze protection and industrial water reuse tank topology cover sizing discipline and intake quality.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a white vertical storage tank this size is underbuilding the base because the rated weight looks generous. The 24,561-pound figure is the structural ceiling at 1.9 SG, not a license to skip the pad math for water - 1,550 gallons of water alone is nearly 13,000 pounds resting on a 64-inch square. Size the foundation to the load, set it dead level, and confirm the inlet and outlet heights against the drawing before delivery.
This Snyder vertical storage tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP, from the nearest of our stocking plants in Lincoln, NE; Marked Tree, AR; or Philippi, WV. At 124 inches tall it exceeds standard van and dock handling, so it moves on a flatbed and needs adequate vertical clearance at the drop - factor that into your offload plan. Get a real number for your delivery with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will line up the closest origin and confirm offload requirements for a tank of this height.
