The Snyder Industries 2500 Gallon Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is a 2,500-gallon polyethylene vertical tank built for bulk water and high-density liquid storage where wall strength matters. It stands 98 inches tall on a 96 x 96 inch footprint and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, the heavy-duty end of the Snyder vertical line. One detail up front because it defines your freight cost: this SKU ships from a single plant in Chowchilla, CA, so a West Coast site prices LTL short, and an East Coast buyer should run the freight number before getting attached to it.
Will it work for your site?
At full water this vertical storage tank holds roughly 20,850 pounds of contents. The wall is rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, which works out to about 39,615 pounds of contents at the ceiling: the wall is engineered for roughly 1.9 times the contents weight of water, so filling with water uses only about 53% of the rated load. That headroom is what you pay for in a heavy-duty build, and it means you are not buying right at the limit on a water application. For matching this 2500 gallon vertical tank to your draw rate and reserve volume, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and review the Tank Sizing Guide. Natural White translucency lets you eyeball the liquid level through the wall, which is useful on a storage tank this size where a sight gauge is not always installed.
Plan the install around the loaded weight
Plan for a 96 x 96 inch pad and 98 inch of vertical clearance, plus room above for top-fitting access. The pad and tie-downs have to carry the loaded weight, not the empty shell: at full water you are anchoring more than ten tons of contents. Our guide to concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks covers the ACI 360R-10 framework for a tank carrying this much weight. A 2,500-gallon vertical lands in several roles: for rural and remote fire-water reserves, our guide on fire-water reservoir tank design and NFPA 22 sizing walks through reserve discipline and cold-climate freeze protection, and if it feeds a reuse train, the breakdown of industrial water reuse tank topology covers grey-water, rainwater, and condensate aggregation.
The mistakes to avoid
The common error on a heavy-duty vertical is treating the 1.9 SG rating as permission to skip the pad math. The rating tells you the wall can hold a denser liquid; it does not reduce the load on the ground. Build the foundation to the loaded weight and the clearance to the 98 inch height. The second item: outlet, fill, and vent fitting configuration is not published for this SKU, so confirm fitting placement and dimensional callouts against the technical drawing on this page, or by phone, before you order rather than assuming a layout. And if you are rating this tank for a dense liquid because of that 1.9 SG ceiling and need secondary containment, our breakdown of Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard sizing per ASTM D1998 walks through the double-wall path and the real usable volume.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Chowchilla, CA, with freight quoted live to your ZIP code. Get a freight estimate with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm fitting placement and lead time before you order.
