The Snyder Industries 2650 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is a polyethylene vertical storage tank built for serious bulk-water duty, listed under SKU 8390000C26-BLACK. It stands 97 inches tall on a 102 by 102 inch footprint, holds 2,650 gallons, and carries a 1.9 specific-gravity rating - the spec that separates this heavy-duty build from a standard 1.5 SG water tank. The black resin blocks light to discourage algae growth, which makes it a practical choice for outdoor water storage, fire-water reserve, rainwater capture, and industrial water-reuse service.
Will this vertical storage tank work on your site?
Size and weight are the two numbers that decide whether this tank fits your pad and your plumbing. Filled with plain water, the tank and contents reach roughly 22,101 pounds. At its full 1.9 SG rating the maximum rated contents weight climbs to about 41,992 pounds - a jump of nearly 19,891 pounds, almost 90 percent more load, that your pad and the soil beneath it must carry. Design the foundation for the heaviest fluid you actually plan to store, not just water. The shape works in your favor here: at 102 inches (8.5 feet) wide and only 97 inches (about 8 feet) tall, this is a low-profile, wide-stance tank. That gives you good wind stability and a lower fill head, but it does need a larger, fully supporting pad than a tall-narrow tank of the same volume. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide let you confirm capacity and dimensions against your volume needs, and the concrete pad sizing guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for above-ground polyethylene tanks of this size.
The 1.9 SG rating, and the mistake to avoid
The most common error with a tank like this is matching it to the wrong fluid. The 1.9 specific-gravity rating means the wall thickness is engineered to safely hold contents up to 1.9 times the density of water. For plain water at SG 1.0 you have generous margin. If you plan to store anything heavier, verify your fluid's specific gravity stays within the 1.9 rating before filling - a heavier-duty tank is not an unlimited-fluid tank. For fire-water reserve duty, loaded weight and freeboard math drive both the foundation and the standpipe design; our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection. If you are aggregating grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate, the industrial water-reuse topology guide shows how a tank this size fits a quality-banded storage train. For background on how freeboard and thermal-expansion math work on polyethylene tanks, the freeboard sizing guide is useful reading, though it describes Snyder's double-wall Captor line rather than this single-wall tank.
Fittings and reference drawing
For exact outlet, bulkhead, and dome-port placement, see the technical drawing on this page. Confirm those locations against your plumbing layout before the tank ships, because field-modifying a polyethylene wall to add fittings is far harder than planning the runs around the factory layout. When you order bulkhead fittings or outlet plumbing, match the gasket and fitting material to your stored fluid and check the thread size against the drawing first - the right gasket for plain water is not always the right gasket for a denser fluid you might run at the 1.9 SG ceiling.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, with the rate quoted live to your ZIP code. Get an exact number with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will walk you through capacity, footprint, and the best routing for delivery. Whether you are searching for a black vertical storage tank for water reserve, fire protection, or industrial reuse, this 2,650-gallon Snyder build pairs a durable polyethylene shell with the heavy-duty 1.9 SG margin that bulk storage demands.
