Snyder Industries 200 Gallon Open Top Tank with Loose Cover and Protective Wrap

The Snyder Industries 200 Gallon Open Top Tank ships as a white polyethylene cylinder standing 53 inches tall on a 36-inch diameter footprint, with a loose cover and protective wrap included. It weighs just 85 pounds empty, so one or two people can position it before plumbing, and the round base sits cleanly on a pad or platform. The open-top build is made for jobs where you need frequent top access - batch mixing, gauging by eye, manual dosing, and interior cleanout - rather than a sealed dome.

Will it work for your job

This is a cylindrical open-top storage tank rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, a genuinely stout rating for a tank this size that gives you real headroom over plain water service. A full 200 gallons of water alone weighs about 1,668 pounds; at its full 1.9 SG rating the tank can carry up to roughly 3,169 pounds of contents. Maximum service temperature is 120 F (48 C), so keep hot fills and steam below that line. Because the top is open with a loose cover, it is built for atmospheric, vented storage - not for pressure or tight vapor containment. If you are still deciding on volume, run your numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator or read the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit.

The 40-inch opening is the point

The lid opening measures 40 inches on a 36-inch body - a near-full-diameter clear opening. That means full-hand and tool access to the interior, easy visual gauging, and a straightforward cleanout between batches, which is exactly what an open-top mixing or dosing tank is bought for. The loose cover keeps debris and splash out but is not a sealed lid, so treat this as a vented vessel, not a closed bulk container.

The mistake to avoid

Size your foundation around the loaded case, not the empty tank. Pour and level the pad or stand for the roughly 3,169-pound rated-load figure rather than the 1,668-pound water weight - the concrete pad sizing framework walks through that math. Confirm your contents fall within the 1.9 SG and 120 F limits. No fittings are pre-installed and there is no molded outlet, so you will drill and bulkhead any connections yourself - plan those locations before you set the tank. For outdoor or cold-climate water duty, the fire-water reservoir and freeze-protection guide is worth a read. See the technical drawing on this page for exact dimensions and the 40-inch cover detail.

This Snyder 200 gallon open top tank ships LTL freight from the Arkansas plant, quoted live to your ZIP. Get a real number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to lock in your order.