The Snyder Industries 2500 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank in Black is a 2,500-gallon vertical storage tank built from high density linear polyethylene, standing 107 inches tall on a 90 x 90 inch footprint. At 90 inches in diameter and 107 inches tall, it sits wider and shorter than the 102 x 79 natural-white 2500, which is worth knowing if you are comparing the two for a tight pad or a low-ceiling building. It is rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, which means the wall is engineered for liquids substantially heavier than water - and that rating is the single most useful number on this page when you are matching a tank to a job. For a straight water or fire-reserve application you have a wide margin; for heavier liquids you have headroom that lighter-walled tanks do not give you.
Will it work for your application
Full of water, this tank carries 20,850 pounds of contents, and at its maximum rated 1.9 specific gravity it is built to hold up to 39,615 pounds. Use those two numbers when you plan your pad and your site: the 90 x 90 inch footprint has to sit on a level, fully supported base - concrete or compacted aggregate - sized to carry the loaded weight without settling or point-loading the tank floor. The black HDPE shell blocks light, which discourages algae growth in stored water and makes this a practical choice for fire-water reservoirs, rural and remote water storage, and bulk vertical liquid storage where a translucent tank would invite biological growth. If you are still working out whether 2,500 gallons is the right volume for your draw rate and refill cycle, run the numbers in our Tank Sizing Calculator and read the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit. For fire-protection duty specifically, our guide on fire-water reservoir tank design for rural and remote sites walks through NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection.
The mistake to avoid
The 1.9 specific gravity is a rating, not an instruction to fill the tank with any heavy liquid. It tells you the wall can structurally carry contents up to 1.9 times the weight of water - it says nothing about whether the polyethylene is chemically compatible with what you intend to store. Confirm chemical compatibility separately before putting anything other than water in this tank. The other common error on a tank this size is underbuilding the foundation: at nearly 20,000 pounds full of water, an uneven or undersized pad will load the floor unevenly and shorten the tank's life. One detail worth understanding on any tall vertical HDPE tank is where the wall is thinnest and where failures actually begin - our guide on HDPE tank wall thickness at the vapor-saturated headspace explains the ASTM D1998 sizing logic behind it. This pack lists no factory fitting schedule, so confirm outlet, bulkhead, and vent sizing against the technical drawing on this page before you order.
Freight
This vertical storage tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP code, from whichever Snyder Industries plant - Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV - serves your address. As a rule of thumb, eastern buyers ship from Philippi, WV, and central and western buyers from Lincoln, NE, so you can sanity-check any quote against the nearer plant. Get a real number for your delivery address with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you and help confirm this 2500 gallon vertical tank is the right fit. If you are comparing this black tank against the natural-white version, our 2500 gallon vertical liquid storage tank buyer's guide covers the trade-offs in detail.
