The Snyder Industries 220 Gallon Stackable IBC Tote is a high-density polyethylene tote tank built for moving and storing process fluids on a tight footprint. It holds 220 gallons in a 45.75 x 45.75 inch base and stands 46.25 inches tall, so a full unit takes up about the footprint of a standard pallet while the stackable form lets you build vertically instead of spreading across the floor. Empty handling is easy; the number that drives your rigging is full weight. Water at full fill runs about 1,835 lb, and the tote carries a maximum rated contents weight of 3,486 lb based on its 1.9 specific gravity rating. If you are weighing this tote against a drum or a bulk tank for your turnover volume, our container vs tank guide and the drum-vs-tote-vs-bulk break-even analysis work through the cost math.
Will it work for your job?
This is an HDPE IBC tote tank rated to 1.9 specific gravity, which is what lets it carry dense chemistries a standard 1.0 SG container cannot. Buyers searching for an ibc tote, an ibc tote tank, or an hdpe tote land here because the stackable design recovers floor space without giving up rated content weight. The figure that decides fit is loaded weight: run your liquid's actual full weight against the 3,486 lb maximum rated contents, since a dense chemistry reaches that ceiling well before 220 gallons of water would. Match capacity and fill weight to your equipment with the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide, and check port locations and dimensions on the technical drawing on this page before you spec connections.
Chemical compatibility
Construction is high-density polyethylene rated to 1.9 specific gravity. The resin designation on the compatibility data carries a trailing ambiguity, so for any aggressive chemical service confirm HDLPE versus XLPE against the manufacturer before ordering, as cross-linked and linear polyethylene differ in chemical and stress-crack resistance. The list below comes from the OEM chemical-resistance chart and is concentration- and temperature-specific; verify your exact conditions before you commit. The 1.9 SG rating supports the following chemistries at the concentrations and fitting and gasket materials shown:
- Acetic Acid (60%) - PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Aluminum Sulfate (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Calcium Chloride (40%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- DEF (32.5%) - 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ethylene Glycol (100%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferric Chloride (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferric Sulfate (60%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferrous Sulfate (20%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Hydrochloric Acid (37%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Hydrofluoric Acid (48%) - PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Hydrofluosilicic Acid (26%) - PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Hydrogen Peroxide (50%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Magnesium Chloride (30%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Peracetic Acid (30%) - 316SS fittings, Aflas gaskets
- Phosphoric Acid (85%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Polyaluminum Chloride - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Carbonate (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Hydroxide (saturated) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Propylene Glycol - PP/316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Bisulfate - PVC/PP fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Bisulfite - PVC/PP fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Carbonate (30%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Hypochlorite (under 16.5%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Sodium Thiosulfate (40%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sulfuric Acid (98%) - CPVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Urea Solution (50%) - PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Zinc Orthophosphate - PP/316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ozonated Water (up to 10 PPM) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
Matching fitting and gasket material to your chemistry is where most totes fail in service: a Viton-spec acid run on EPDM gaskets, or a brass port where 316SS is called for, leaks long before the tank does. Confirm every chemistry against the OEM chemical-resistance chart at your exact concentration and temperature, and see our Chemical Compatibility Database for the full reference.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a high-SG tote is sizing by gallons instead of by weight. At 1.9 SG, a full 220 gallons drives toward the 3,486 lb maximum rated contents, far heavier than the 1,835 lb that water alone would weigh, so your forklift, rack, and floor have to be rated for the loaded figure, not the volume. The second is treating the resin question as closed: the chemical rating is 1.9 SG, but settle HDLPE versus XLPE with the manufacturer before any aggressive chemical fill, because the two react differently under chemical stress. The 1.9 SG rating is near the top of what polyethylene totes are built for, so if your chemistry needs more headroom than that, call us before you buy rather than assuming a higher-rated poly tote drops in. For containment requirements on hazardous service, our RCRA 40 CFR 264.193 secondary containment guide and the Captor Plus 110% containment comparison cover the regulations.
This tote ships LTL freight from Lincoln, NE, quoted live to your ZIP. Get a number in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm fill weight, resin, and freight before you order.
