The Snyder Industries 180 Gallon 304 Stainless Steel Supertainer is a stainless IBC tote tank built for repeat industrial duty where a plastic tote will not hold up. At 42 inches long by 48 inches wide and 29.25 inches tall, it stands on a 48.0 x 42.0 inch footprint sized to standard pallet-handling and rack systems, and its 180 gallon stainless body is meant for transfer, batching, and staging service that gets handled, washed, and reused many times over. Buyers shopping this tank search for an IBC tote, a tote tank, or a stainless steel tank specifically because they have outgrown disposable plastic IBCs and want a vessel that survives wash-down, sanitizing, and years of cycling.
Will this tote work for your operation?
The body is 304 stainless steel, not polyethylene, so the way you evaluate it differs from a poly tank. There is no specific-gravity rating on this unit (rated "No" in our data), which means it is not spec'd against a poly-tank density ceiling the way a crosslinked or HDPE tank would be. Stainless changes the conversation: instead of asking what resin and SG you need, you are choosing a metal vessel for durability, cleanability, and reuse. Confirm your contents are compatible with 304 stainless before you commit, since metal totes are selected by metallurgy, not by resin grade. Coming off plastic IBCs, do not assume your existing transfer hardware drops onto this unit: confirm the valve and lid thread and the gasket elastomer per unit before you reuse pumps, cam-locks, or dosing lines. If you are weighing this against a plastic tote, drum, or larger fixed tank, our guide on Container vs Tank: when to buy a tote, IBC, drum, cube, or tank walks through the trade-offs.
Weight, footprint, and handling
Filled with water this tote carries roughly 1,501 pounds, and that figure is water-fill only. Add the empty stainless tare from the unit's spec sheet, plus your actual product density, before you spec forklift capacity, floor loading, and any rack or stand, so you do not size lift equipment to the water number and come up short. The 48 x 42 inch footprint is built to drop onto standard handling equipment, but loaded weight is the number that governs safe lifting and staging. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide to confirm 180 gallons matches your batch volume and turnover before you order. If this tote will feed a dosing or metering loop, the pump skid design guide for tank-fed dosing operations covers frame, drip-pan, and leak-detection decisions that pair with a stainless vessel.
The mistake to avoid
The common error with a reusable stainless tote is treating it like a regulated containment system on its own. A single-wall tote is primary containment only; if your contents fall under hazardous-waste storage rules, you need engineered secondary containment around it. Our breakdown of RCRA 40 CFR 264.193 secondary containment explains the leak-detection options and inspection cadence that apply, and for stored-product containment thresholds our Snyder Captor Plus 110% containment vs UL-142 and SPCC comparison lays out when 110% containment is required. Plan containment up front rather than discovering the requirement after the tote is in service.
This Supertainer ships LTL freight from Michigan, quoted live to your ZIP. Get an estimate with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to confirm fit, fittings, and lead time before you buy. For compatibility questions on what this stainless tote will hold, start with the Chemical Compatibility Database.
