The Snyder Industries 2000 Gallon Plastic Horizontal Leg Tank is a saddle-style transport and storage tank built to ride on its integral legs, with securing hoops that lock it to a trailer or skid for hauling. It holds 2,000 gallons in white polyethylene and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, the high-density build that separates a real chemical and heavy-liquid hauler from a light water-only tank. The footprint is 62 inches wide by 160 inches long, standing 70 inches tall, so it drops onto a standard applicator or utility trailer bed. This is the horizontal leg tank growers and applicators search for when they need to move a heavy load down the field road and back.
Will it work for your load
Start with weight, because that is where leg-tank jobs go wrong. Filled with water this tank carries 16,680 pounds. At its full 1.9 specific gravity rating the contents alone can reach 31,692 pounds, nearly double the water weight, so your trailer, axles, and tie-downs have to be rated for that mass, not for the water number. The securing hoops hold the tank against road shock and braking, but they do not relieve you of matching the trailer and suspension to the loaded weight. Run your intended fill level and product density through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to a trailer setup. Because this is a transport tank, also confirm your scope of use: our walkthroughs on applicator and leg tanks for fertilizer and DOT non-roadable trailer scope and loaf-style portable utility tanks under the 49 CFR 173.5 agricultural exemption explain where the agricultural exemption applies and where it does not.
Chemical compatibility
This tank is molded in high-density linear polyethylene (HDLPE) at a 1.9 specific gravity rating, which is what lets it haul dense chemistries that would overload a lighter tank. Confirm the exact resin grade with us before putting it into chemical service. Compatibility below is keyed to concentration, and the fitting and gasket materials must match the chemical, not just the tank wall. Always check the OEM chemical-resistance chart for your exact concentration and operating temperature before filling.
Common compatible chemistries for this tank include acetic acid at 60% (PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets, acetic acid), aluminum sulfate at 50% (PVC, EPDM, aluminum sulfate), calcium chloride at 40% (PVC, EPDM, calcium chloride), DEF at 32.5% (316SS fittings, EPDM, DEF), ethylene glycol at 100% (PVC, EPDM, ethylene glycol), ferric chloride at 50% (PVC, EPDM, ferric chloride), ferric sulfate at 60% (PVC, EPDM, ferric sulfate), ferrous sulfate at 20% (PVC, EPDM, ferrous sulfate), magnesium chloride at 30% (PVC, EPDM, magnesium chloride), phosphoric acid at 85% (PVC, Viton, phosphoric acid), polyaluminum chloride (PVC, EPDM, polyaluminum chloride), potassium carbonate at 50% (PVC, EPDM, potassium carbonate), potassium hydroxide saturated (PVC, EPDM, potassium hydroxide), propylene glycol (PP/316SS, EPDM, propylene glycol), sodium bisulfate (PVC/PP, EPDM, sodium bisulfate), sodium bisulfite (PVC/PP, EPDM, sodium bisulfite), sodium carbonate at 30% (PVC, EPDM, sodium carbonate), sodium thiosulfate at 40% (PVC, EPDM, sodium thiosulfate), urea solution at 50% (PP/PVC, EPDM, urea solution), zinc orthophosphate (PP/316SS, EPDM, zinc orthophosphate), and ozonated water up to 10 PPM (PVC, EPDM). The aggressive oxidizers and strong acids demand Viton or Aflas gaskets and acid-rated fittings: hydrochloric acid at 37% (PVC, Viton, hydrochloric acid), hydrofluoric acid at 48% (PP/PVC, Viton, hydrofluoric acid), hydrofluosilicic acid at 26% (PP/PVC, Viton, hydrofluosilicic acid), hydrogen peroxide at 50% (PVC, Viton, hydrogen peroxide), peracetic acid at 30% (316SS fittings, Aflas gaskets, peracetic acid), sodium hypochlorite below 16.5% (PVC, Viton, sodium hypochlorite), and sulfuric acid at 98% (CPVC fittings, Viton gaskets, sulfuric acid). See the full chemical compatibility resource and match every fitting and gasket to your specific chemistry.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a 1.9 SG leg tank is sizing the trailer and fittings to the water weight or to the wrong gasket. Pumping a dense product such as ferric chloride or concentrated sulfuric acid through EPDM where the chart calls for Viton, or trailering 31,692 pounds on a frame rated for the 16,680-pound water number, is how these jobs fail. Verify the resin, the fitting and gasket combination, and the loaded weight before you fill. For a quick read on blended product behavior in transport, our guide on fertilizer-blend tank stratification covers density-driven layering, and our Snyder Captor double-wall SPCC walkthrough is worth a read if your stored chemistry triggers containment rules.
Fitting locations and outlet sizes are shown on the manufacturer drawing on this page; confirm thread size and material with us before ordering chemical-service fittings. This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Lincoln, NE, quoted live to your ZIP. Get a freight estimate with our Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to confirm specs, resin, and a freight quote for your address.
