The Snyder Industries 2500 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a 96-inch-diameter, 98-inch-tall white polyethylene vertical storage tank rated for liquids with a specific gravity up to 1.5 and carrying an ASTM certification. It sits on a square 96.0 x 96.0 inch footprint and gives you real volume in a compact base. Filled with water it holds roughly 20,850 lb of contents; at its full 1.5 specific gravity rating it is engineered to carry up to 31,275 lb of contents. Those are contents weights only - add the tank's empty weight from the technical drawing on this page to get the total load your pad and anchors actually see, then plan the foundation before the tank arrives.
Will this Snyder vertical tank work for your site?
This is a single 2500-gallon vertical storage tank standing 98 inches tall on a 96-inch round base. The 1.5 specific gravity rating is the differentiator here: most resellers stock 1.0 to 1.1 tanks, but this one is qualified to carry denser liquids by weight - up to 31,275 lb of contents at full volume - so the same tank covers water service and heavier-density service without buying a second unit. Before you commit, measure your door and ceiling clearances against the 98-inch height, and confirm the slab can support the loaded weight continuously across the full 96-inch footprint. The pad must be flat, level, and unbroken under the entire base. If you are still deciding between capacities, run the numbers with the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide, and read our 2500 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank buyer's guide for the full specification breakdown.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this HDPE storage tank is configured with a flange, two 3-inch S.U.M.O. fittings, an 18-inch polyethylene threaded and vented top opening, and a manway with 15-inch access. The 18-inch threaded/vented fitting lets the tank breathe as it fills and drains - which also means this is an atmospheric, vented tank, not a pressure or vacuum vessel. Blocking that vent during a fast fill or fast draw can pull or push enough pressure to deform an HDPE wall, so keep it clear in service. Before you order adapters, confirm your thread size and gasket elastomer against those four callouts - the flange, the two 3-inch S.U.M.O. fittings, the 18-inch vented top, and the 15-inch-access manway - rather than guessing at sizes.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a tall vertical HDPE tank like this is treating the wall as uniform and inspecting only from the liquid side. The thinnest, most stressed wall section sits at the vapor-saturated headspace near the top - exactly where premature failures originate and where liquid-side inspection misses them. Our guide on HDPE tank wall thickness at the vapor-saturated headspace walks through the ASTM D1998 sizing logic operators need to understand. If you are sizing this tank for fire-water reserve, see our fire-water reservoir tank design guide for NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Chowchilla, California, with freight quoted live to your ZIP code. Because it leaves a single West Coast plant on a 96 x 96 footprint, freight is a material line item - West Coast buyers get short lanes, and East Coast buyers should price the long haul early. Get an instant number with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it for you. Listed before freight.
