A 16,500 gallon cross-linked black vertical tank rated 1.5 for warm liquids no heavier than water
The Snyder Industries 16500 Gallon XLPE Black Vertical Storage Tank, part number 5380000N46, is a flat bottom tank in black crosslinked linear polyethylene, 142 inches in diameter and 257 inches tall, weighing 5,100 lb empty, with an 18 inch threaded vented manway on top. The wall is rated for liquids up to 1.5 specific gravity: 16,500 gallons of water weighs 137,610 lb (16,500 x 8.34), and at 1.5 the tank is built for contents up to 206,415 lb. The service limit is 140 F (60 C). The warranty is 3 years. This is the cross-linked wall at the standard rating: for a liquid that is warm or chemically demanding but not heavy, it gives you the resin without paying for the heavy duty wall.
Warm and light, or dense? Call 866-418-1777 with the liquid and its temperature, or get freight to your ZIP and add it to your cart above.
The duty this wall is for
Cross-linked polyethylene handles chemistry and heat that soften or attack a linear wall, and the 140 F service limit is the practical reason to choose it. The 1.5 rating keeps it to liquids no heavier than 1.5 times water: process solutions that arrive warm, treatment chemicals that need the resin, warm rinse or wash water held in bulk. If the liquid is also dense, the heavy duty cross-linked version of this shell is the right buy. A rotationally moulded floor bears on its whole floor, so 206,415 lb lands on the 142 inch circle; engineer the slab to our concrete pad sizing guide, level and in full contact, inside containment sized to the tank where the liquid is regulated. Where a second wall is required, our double wall freeboard sizing guide works out the usable volume a contained vessel returns once a warm liquid's expansion is accounted for. Band the empty shell to structure or to slab anchors before the first fill. Check the volume in the tank sizing calculator and take the freeboard from the tank sizing guide.
What to check before you buy
- The liquid and its temperature. 1.5 and 140 F are limits. Write both next to the liquid's name on the wall, and tell us before you order if either is close.
- The outlet. This page lists the manway, not a bottom fitting. Tell us the liquid and the draw-off you need and we will confirm what this tank accepts before anything is cut. The base fitting sits on its own support off the pad with a flexible connector to hard pipe.
- The manway. 18 inch threaded and vented, 257 inches above the pad: a fixed platform with a rail and a gate or a caged ladder to a landing, a permanent fill line landed at the manway, a dip tube to the floor, and the vent run outdoors on anything that fumes.
Black hides the level, so a sender with a readout at the ground belongs in the install. Snyder's drawing for this tank is linked under Technical Drawing on this page.
The other walls in this shell, and the sizes either side
The same 142 inch shell in linear polyethylene, for cool and benign liquids: the 16500 gallon black vertical tank 5380000C37-BLACK and the 16500 gallon black heavy duty tank 5380000C34, plus the 16500 gallon heavy duty tank 5380000C126. The step down in volume is the 15000 gallon heavy duty tank 3030100C26; for more inventory, the 18800 gallon black vertical tank 3030000N49.
Shipping and receiving
The tank ships at freight class 300, 142 by 142 by 257 inches, 5,100 lb, from Snyder's plant at Lincoln, Nebraska, on an open deck as a permitted wide load. Put your ZIP into the freight cost estimator and walk the route in before the order. The listed price is before freight. Unload with a crane or a heavy forklift, straps under the body, never a sling through the manway. Check the part number against 5380000N46 on the bill of lading. Fill it with cold water to the manway before anything warm goes in and walk the base and the containment floor while it holds. Where a reuse train needs a bulk holding stage, our industrial water reuse tank topology article places a vessel this size; a private fire reserve is its own specification, as our fire water reservoir design guide explains.
Ready to order? Add it to your cart at the top of this page, get LTL freight to your ZIP, or call 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.
Freight and documents
Ships from: Lincoln, NE. LTL freight is quoted to your ZIP with the freight cost estimator or by phone at 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.
Technical drawing (PDF) for Snyder Industries 5380000N46.
See this tank
Interactive 3D model with live fill. This tank has an interactive 3D model built to its manufacturer dimensions. Rotate it, and set a fill level to see how much liquid it holds at any height. Open the 3D view on the product photo above. Download the 3D model (GLB).
Ready to order?
Add it to your cart at the top of this page, get LTL freight to your ZIP, or call 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight.
