The Snyder Industries 200 Gallon Plastic Portable Pest Control Operator Tank is a 200-gallon white polyethylene tank built for crews who mix, haul, and apply on the move. It stands 40 inches tall on a 37 x 48 inch footprint, so it drops onto a truck bed, trailer, or skid platform without eating the whole deck. As a portable PCO tank, it is sized for route work where you fill once and run a full day of stops, and the white wall lets an operator read the contents level at a glance before the next load.
Will it work for your route?
This 200 gallon tank carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating, which is what makes it usable for heavier mixed solutions, not just plain water. The weight that matters is what rides full: at 200 gallons of water the contents alone weigh 1,668 lb, and the wall is rated to carry up to 2,502 lb of contents at its 1.5 SG ceiling. Here is the practical consequence most operators miss — at any SG above 1.0 the tank reaches that 2,502 lb structural limit before it reaches 200 gallons. At 1.5 SG the wall limit lands at roughly 133 gallons, so do not top off a heavy mix to the 200-gal mark. Size your trailer axle, hitch rating, and pump skid against the loaded number, and confirm your tow vehicle and brakes are matched to it before the first run. If you are deciding between this and a smaller or larger unit for your truck, the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide walk you through capacity versus payload.
Fittings, footprint, and setup
Plumb the tank to match your spray system, and see the technical drawing on this page for the wall geometry, port layout, and empty tank weight before you cut hose or set a pump. Run the 48-inch dimension front-to-back over the axle with the 37-inch width across the bed, so tongue weight and load distribution stay where they belong on a hauled unit. The footprint gives you a stable base for a transfer or diaphragm pump mounted alongside, and the 40-inch height keeps the fill point reachable from the ground or a low step. Strap it down across the footprint, not just at the top, so the load stays put when you brake. If you are parking the loaded tank on a fixed pad or skid platform rather than a trailer, our guide to concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks covers the ACI 360R-10 framework for supporting that 2,502 lb loaded weight.
The mistake to avoid
The number that ends careers on the side of a road is the loaded weight, not the gallon rating. A 200 gallon white poly portable does not weigh "200 gallons" once it is full of a heavy mixed solution at 1.5 SG. Plan around the 2,502 lb rated contents figure, verify your trailer and tow rating clear it, and never fill past the level your suspension and brakes can handle. The 1.5 SG rating tells you the tank wall can take a heavy solution, but the running gear under it is the limit you have to respect.
This 200 gal Snyder portable ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest Snyder plant among Lincoln, NE, Merced, CA, and Philippi, WV — West Coast routes pull from Merced, eastern ZIPs from Philippi, and central buyers from Lincoln, which is what keeps the LTL cost down. Get an estimate with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to lock in a quote.
