The Snyder Industries 2000 Gallon Black Vertical Storage Tank is a polyethylene vertical storage tank built for bulk water and general liquid storage where a tall, stable footprint matters. It holds 2,000 gallons, stands 88 inches tall on a 90 x 90 inch footprint, and is molded in black. This is the vertical tank you spec when you need real reserve volume but want it concentrated over a compact pad rather than spread across a horizontal leg tank.
Will it work for your job?
Design around the loaded numbers, not the empty shell. Filled with plain water, the tank carries roughly 16,680 pounds of contents. Snyder rates this shell to a 1.5 specific gravity, which means the worst-case load the tank is built to hold is near 25,020 pounds of contents - that is the number your pad and grade have to be engineered for if you ever run heavier-than-water liquid in it. That 1.5 SG rating is the real value here versus a water-only 1.0 SG shell: this same tank handles denser-than-water contents up to 1.5 times the weight of water without stepping up to a different, more expensive tank. For plain water you are well inside the rating with room to spare.
One thing to confirm before you order: fitting and gasket sizes are not published in this listing. Check the inlet and outlet configuration against the technical drawing on this page, or call us at 866-418-1777, before you finalize your plumbing layout - do not assume a thread size. If you are still settling on capacity, run your draw-and-refill numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and read the Tank Sizing Guide to confirm 2,000 gallons is the right step.
The pad is the part people get wrong
The most common mistake on a vertical tank this size is underbuilding the foundation. At nearly 16,700 pounds full of water - and up to roughly 25,020 pounds under heavier contents - this tank needs a level, fully supporting base. It is not a tank you set on bare soil and forget. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework so your pad matches the loaded footprint and stays inside the engineering boundary. A correctly sized pad protects the warranty and keeps the shell from stressing unevenly over years of fill-and-draw.
Where it fits in your water system
A 2,000 gallon black vertical storage tank works hard in rural fire-water reserve, captured-rainwater storage, and industrial water-reuse trains. If fire protection is your driver, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, see how this size fits a quality-banded storage train in our industrial water reuse tank topology breakdown. Cross-shopping the storage tank brands? Our Snyder vs Norwesco vs Chem-Tainer 2000 gallon comparison lays out what actually separates them - SG rating, fitting layout, and plant and freight origin - so you can decide on the spec, not the logo.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, with freight quoted live to your ZIP. Buyers across the South-Central and Midwest sit on a shorter lane from Marked Tree, which usually means lower freight - one more reason to pull your exact number rather than guess. Get it from the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777, and have your delivery ZIP plus whether you need liftgate or limited-access service ready so we can quote it accurately the first time.
