Snyder Industries 1600 Gallon Heavy Duty Cone Bottom Tank

Why the squat ninety-five inch tank and not the tall fifteen hundred

The sharpest comparison on this sheet is not between the four 1,600 gallon codes, it is between this shape and 5010000N48. That tank holds 1,500 gallons, only a hundred less, but it does it on a 64 inch circle at 141 inches tall and 315 pounds. This one holds 1,600 gallons on a 95 inch circle at 72 inches. Two vessels, almost the same volume, and completely different buildings. The tall one is bought where floor space is the scarce thing and the ceiling is generous; this one is bought where the roof, the crane hook or the door frame is fixed and the ground is free. Six feet of shell plus a stand goes under a low structure that a twelve foot shell cannot approach, and that is the whole argument for the squat shape. What it costs you is ground: a nearly eight foot circle plus the structure outside it needs a bigger pad, a bigger bund and a wider aisle, and at 95 inches across nobody reaches the far side of this tank from one position. Give it a working aisle all the way round, because the day a gasket is changed under the cone is the day that aisle earns its keep. The third capacity on the sheet, 1910000N42 at 1,650 gallons, sits between the two shapes at 86 inches across and 94 inches tall, and it is worth a look if neither extreme fits. Then the structure. A cone bottom vessel has no flat floor and cannot stand on its own bottom, and this sheet publishes no stand, no legs, no skirt, no support ring and no bolt pattern, so the support is a separate purchase and no stand height, rated load or stand material appears on this page. The loads an engineer needs are here though: 277 pounds of empty tank, 13,344 pounds of water and 25,354 pounds at the rating, all arriving at the feet of a stand rather than spread across a slab. Work the support through with the cone bottom tank stand compatibility matrix, and if you are weighing a supported package against a bare shell, the with-stand buyer's guide at this capacity covers the ground a specification cannot. Settle the volume first with the tank sizing calculator and take the freeboard from the tank sizing guide.

Four sixteen hundreds, a fifteen hundred and a sixteen fifty

The top four rows carry the same gallons, the same 95 by 72 inch envelope and the same 277 pounds. On this sheet the difference between them is the name and the colour, nothing else is published, and nothing else is claimed here. Natural white is a real operational choice rather than a preference: a light shell shows the liquid line and the condition of the contents from outside in a way a black one never will, which is useful on a tank that changes product, and it is the reason a lot of process rooms buy white as standard. Black is the choice where the tank lives outdoors in full sun and you would rather nothing grew in it. Neither costs you capacity, height or rating on this sheet. The rating is where the family is genuinely separated from lighter tanks elsewhere in the catalogue: at a specific gravity rating of 1.9 with 25,354 pounds of max contents, this is a listing for product heavier than water, and if yours is not, a lower rated shell is the honest buy. The last two rows are the shape argument set out in the section above, and they are the rows worth walking the building with. Where this vessel stands over ground, a floor or a drain that would have to be recovered after a release, the containment design is a separate question from the tank: the Captor containment comparison is the honest place to start it.

Two rows look the same? The difference is the wall; call 866-418-1777 with the liquid and we will say which, or ask for a quote on both.

The vent comes with the lid, and what else the sheet names

• The vent: it arrives with the top fitting on this sheet rather than as a separate item, and on a vessel drawn down from the bottom it is the wall's protection rather than a convenience. A pump pulling on a tank that cannot take air in loads the shell instead of the liquid. Keep the path clear, check it whenever the tank is opened, and never blank, tape or wrap it to hold a smell in.
• The lid itself: an 18 inch threaded vented manway, sitting at 72 inches plus whatever the stand adds. That is the one published opening on this tank, so every fill, every sample and every inspection goes through it unless you have something fitted.
• The outlet field: it reads 1 Manway / Lid, which names an opening rather than a discharge. We print the field exactly as it reads and assert no outlet size, thread, bulkhead or valve. Give us the line size, the valve type and the product and we will confirm what this part number carries before it ships.
• The cone angle: this sheet publishes none, and the product name does not carry one either. We will not read an angle off a photograph or off a blog title. If the drainage behaviour of your product is the deciding factor, ask and we will confirm the geometry against the part number.
• Below the cone: the valve, any reducer and the first run of pipe are carried on steelwork off the stand and never on the tank, with a flexible connector at the first joint. At 25,354 pounds of rated contents the static head at the low point is unforgiving of hanging weight.
• Inlet, warranty and NMFC: none published, none claimed. Ratings are a specific gravity of 1.9, 13,344 pounds of water at 1,600 gallons, 25,354 pounds of max contents, and 100 F / 37 C.

One practical note about the white shell and the fittings: light passes through a natural white wall in a way it does not through black, so if your product is one that grows or degrades in light, plan the siting and any covering at the same time as the fittings rather than after the first summer. That is a real difference between these two listings and it is worth saying plainly.

Where a wide shallow cone suits the work

A 1.9 rated cone at 1,600 gallons in a low, wide shell goes into the jobs where the ceiling is the constraint and the product is dense. Concentrated mineral and salt solutions in a process building with a fixed roof line, heavy liquid fertiliser and crop input blends at an agricultural retailer working under a shed, thickened sludge and dewatering feed at a treatment works, spent liquor and pickling solution in a metals plant, wash plant and mineral slurry duty, and batch make-up where the vessel changes product and cannot leave a heel behind. Two things follow from the shape rather than the specification. A squat vessel stratifies less readily than a tall one, so a product that wants to separate is easier to keep honest here. And a wide shallow cone puts the discharge closer to the floor, which is welcome when you are draining into a tote, a drum or a pump at ground level and unwelcome if you need real clearance underneath; check that clearance against the stand before you commit. Start from the chemistry rather than the shape: our chemical compatibility reference is where to check the product before the gasket and valve selection is made.

Rated liquids and the fittings to order with them

The resin carries a rating for each liquid below at the concentration shown, and each line names the wetted fitting and gasket to specify. Confirm the service you actually run on the chemical page or in the chemical compatibility database before ordering.

• Acetic Acid (60%, PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets)
• Aluminum Sulfate (50%, PVC, EPDM)
• Calcium Chloride (40%, PVC, EPDM)
• DEF (32.5%, 316SS fittings, EPDM)
• Ferric Chloride (50%, PVC, EPDM)
• Hydrochloric Acid (37%, PVC, Viton)
• Hydrofluoric Acid (48%, PP/PVC, Viton)
• Hydrogen Peroxide (50%, PVC, Viton)
• Phosphoric Acid (85%, PVC, Viton)
• Sodium Hypochlorite (under 16.5%, PVC, Viton)
• Sulfuric Acid (98%, CPVC fittings, Viton gaskets)
• Urea Solution (50%, PP/PVC, EPDM), and Ozonated Water (up to 10 PPM, PVC, EPDM), among others.Watch two fitting-material traps in particular: DEF (32.5%)

Marked Tree, Arkansas, at two hundred and seventy-seven pounds

This tank is moulded at Marked Tree, Arkansas, which is a mid-South origin: the Delta, the Gulf states and the lower Midwest are the short lanes and the far West is the long one. The freight class reads 400, a numeric class rather than a mode, and no NMFC number is published on this sheet. It shipments at 95 inches by 95 inches by 72 inches at 277 pounds, so the width is the dimension that governs the gate, the yard and the turning circle rather than the weight. Walk the route the trailer will take before you book it. Price your own ZIP with the freight cost estimator; the listed price is before freight. The sheet publishes no crane, rigging, permit or escort detail and none is stated here, so settle the offload equipment and the window with us in advance. Set, level and anchor the stand first, then take delivery. Lift under the body with slings, never by the manway, and keep the shell restrained the moment it is upright, because a large empty tank takes wind at a speed that surprises people. Then fill it with clean water, hold the 13,344 pound load, and read the seal, the cone joint and the stand feet before any product goes near it. On a white shell, take that first-fill photograph in daylight and keep it with the paperwork; the wall will not look this clean again and it is the baseline every later argument starts from. Mark the vent and the outlet on the outside of the shell so nobody caps the wrong one in the dark.