The Snyder Industries 2000 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a low-profile vertical: a 96-inch footprint with an 84-inch sidewall-and-dome height, so it reads wider than it is tall and sits stable on its 96 x 96 inch base. It holds 2,000 gallons in a one-color White polyethylene shell and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, the spec that tells you how heavy a liquid this wall is built to hold. For plain water at SG 1.0, a full tank weighs roughly 16,680 pounds of contents alone; the wall is rated to carry up to 31,692 pounds of contents at its full 1.9 SG limit. That headroom is the reason operators reach for a Snyder vertical for municipal water, irrigation reserve, fire-water reservoir duty, and bulk storage where the tank may later see a denser liquid.
Will this tank work for your install?
Size it by the liquid, not just the gallons. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide to confirm the 2,000-gallon working volume and the loaded weight your pad and foundation must support. For water service, the full contents weight of 16,680 pounds drives the concrete or compacted base under the 96-inch footprint; if you ever store a liquid at the full 1.9 SG rating, design the slab to the 31,692-pound maximum contents weight instead. Plan the base before the tank arrives. The 1.9 SG rating means this Snyder vertical keeps wall thickness in reserve above plain water, which matters the moment your stored liquid is heavier than water.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this tank is configured with a flange fitting, an 18-inch PE threaded and vented opening, and a manway with 15-inch access. The 18-inch vented opening handles atmospheric breathing as the tank fills and draws down. The manway's 15-inch clear access opening is what you have to work through for interior inspection and cleaning, so confirm your person or cleaning equipment fits that opening before you commit. Check the outlet location and thread type against your plumbing, and reference the technical drawing on this page for exact fitting positions.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a tank with this much headroom is treating the SG rating as optional. The 1.9 rating describes the maximum density the wall is engineered for, not a license to fill water heavier than it is. Equally, do not undersize the vent: rapid fill and draw on a 2,000-gallon vertical moves real volume of air, and the 18-inch vented opening is part of that breathing path. Our guide on atmospheric vent capacity for polyethylene verticals works through API 2000 examples in exactly this 1,500-to-10,000-gallon range, and the HDPE wall-thickness guide explains the ASTM D1998 sizing logic behind that rating.
Containment and fire-water service
This is a single-wall tank. If your stored liquid needs secondary containment - anything that would require double-wall protection as you move up toward that 1.9 SG headroom - read the Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard guide before you buy, so the containment requirement drives the tank choice rather than the other way around. For fire-protection duty, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate sites.
This Snyder Industries 2000 gallon HDPE vertical storage tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Chowchilla, California, with freight quoted live to your ZIP - a real advantage for West-coast sites and worth estimating early if you are farther east. Get your number with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to lock in delivery. Listed before freight; LTL is quoted separately to your delivery ZIP.
