Snyder Industries 190 Gallon ASTM XLPE Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank

A 42 inch footprint wants 42 inches of level slab, and then some

This tank asks more of the floor than anything else in its size class and less of everything above it. The base is a 42 inch circle, so the pad, the stand or the steel plate under it has to be wider than that, flat, and in full contact with the whole bottom of the tank, because a rotationally molded base transfers load through every square inch it touches; a high spot in the middle or a gap at one edge concentrates 3,011 pounds of rated contents where no wall was drawn to take it. That is the same discipline a large vessel gets, at a size where people put a tank on two pallets and call it done, and the framework sits in the concrete pad sizing guide. Above the slab, 47 inches is the number that gets this tank bought: it clears low eaves, fits under a shed roof or a stair, and puts the opening at a height a person fills from standing on the ground. The low center of gravity is the quiet benefit, since a squat tank on a wide base is the hardest shape here to tip, but at 60 pounds empty it is still light enough for wind to move, so band it to structure before the first fill and check the band after the first full week. Full of water it settles at 1,585 pounds, and a wide base spreads that load more kindly than a narrow one does. Where the liquid is regulated, containment gets sized to the tank, not to the pad you happen to have. The natural white wall shows the level through the body, and it passes light, so a light-sensitive liquid wants shade. Check 190 gallons against your draw rate and delivery interval in the tank sizing calculator, and take the thermal freeboard from the tank sizing guide.

Three wall grades in one 42 inch shell

Four parts share this 42 by 47 inch shell and 190 gallons, which means the shape is already decided and the only live question is the wall you want in it. This one is the cross-linked grade with a service limit of 140 F / 60 C on its own sheet, which is what a warm liquid buys. Off the family, the two neighbors show what the squat shape costs and saves: 1008400C26 puts 175 gallons on a 29 inch base but stands 66 inches to do it, and 1008000C26 gets 200 gallons at 36 by 53 inches. Neither fits under a 47 inch clearance. That clearance is the reason this tank exists.

Need the taller or the wider one? Every row links to its page with freight to your ZIP on each; 866-418-1777 will check the ceiling and the pad.

Outlet field reads manway and lid, so the tap is specified at order

• Outlet: the sheet lists the outlet as 1 Manway / Lid and stops there. No bottom fitting size, material, thread or gasket is published, so the draw-off is specified when you order and matched to the liquid and the pipe you name. Nothing on this page invents one.
• Access: one top opening at 47 inches, with no diameter on the sheet. Ask for the lid you want along with the fitting. Fill down a dip tube to the floor; vent outdoors on a liquid that fumes, sized to the delivery pump.
• Sheet ratings: specific gravity 1.9, service limit 140 F / 60 C, warranty 3 years, freight class 300.

A wide, low tank changes what the outlet has to do. Under 47 inches of body there is less head than a tall shell of the same volume gives, so the pump matters more than the fitting: put it below the outlet where gravity keeps it primed, fit a low level float so it stops before it pulls air, and expect the last inches to come out slower than they would out of a narrow tank. Ask for a bottom fitting rather than a side one if you intend to drain it dry, and ask for it in the material the chemistry calls for, because a polypropylene bulkhead and a stainless nipple are not interchangeable once a gasket is involved. Whatever gets specified, the pipe hanging off it carries its own weight: flexible connector first, then hard pipe, then the first valve on its own support. A tank of 60 pounds will follow the pipe if the pipe is allowed to pull. Lid on between deliveries, one liquid named on the wall, and a light on the headspace band whenever the opening is off.

Squat tanks in tight bays

The buyers for 190 gallons at 47 inches are the ones who measured a space before they shopped: a tank under a shed roof at a co-op, a rinse or cleaning solution in a low wash bay, a day tank beside a machine where a taller vessel would block a crane rail, a nurse tank in the bed of a truck or on a low trailer, a mix tank in a room with ductwork at head height. The wide base also makes it the easier tank to manage on a stand, because the load spreads and the thing does not want to rock. Whether the cross-linked wall is what your chemistry needs, or whether the high density grade in the same shell is the better buy, is argued honestly in the guide to cross-linked and high density polyethylene for chemistry duty. If the job is a private fire reserve, the sizing discipline in the fire water reservoir design guide will point you at a far larger vessel than this one.

Out of Merced on a 42 inch shipment

The 1540400N42 is molded in Merced, California and moves as LTL freight at class 300 as the sheet lists it, shipping at 42 inches by 42 inches by 47 inches and 60 pounds. The shipment is wider than it is tall, which is the easiest shape in this whole size range to receive: it sits square on a pallet jack, it does not want to walk, and two people lift it off a truck bed without a machine. Tell us at order whether you have a dock, a forklift, or neither. The freight cost estimator prices the lane to your ZIP and the listed price is before freight. Strap around the body, never through the opening, and set it down on the finished pad rather than dragging it across concrete, because the base is the one surface that has to stay true. Fill it with water, hold it a shift, walk around it looking at the base edge and any fitting seam, then drain and dry before product. A tank this wide will show you a low corner in the pad the first time it is full, and that is exactly the moment you want to find it. A strap that is checked once a season is a strap that holds; put it on the same calendar as the gutters.