The Snyder Industries 290 Gallon Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is a vertical storage tank built in polyethylene with a 290-gallon working capacity, standing 72 inches tall on a 36 x 36 inch footprint. It carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, the spec that separates this heavy-duty Snyder vertical from lighter white vertical storage tanks - it is rated to hold liquids substantially denser than water, up to a maximum rated contents weight of 4,595 pounds. It is finished in Natural White, and the cylindrical body is sized to drop onto a standard pad without eating a large floor area.
Will this tank work for your job?
Start with weight, because that is where most vertical-tank installs go wrong. Filled with plain water, this 290-gallon tank carries roughly 2,419 pounds of contents; at its full 1.9 specific-gravity rating it can hold up to 4,595 pounds. Those two numbers bracket what your floor, pad, and any tie-downs have to support - and both are contents weight only, so add the tank's own dry weight when sizing anchors and pad capacity. Size the base to the heavier figure if there is any chance you will store a denser liquid later. The 1.9 SG rating means the polyethylene wall is engineered for high-density service, so for ordinary water, rinse water, and general-purpose storage you have a wide safety margin. If you are not sure the diameter and height fit your space or your fill schedule, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to a pad layout.
Setting it on a solid base
A vertical storage tank is only as stable as what sits under it. At a 36 x 36 inch footprint and a contents weight that can approach two and a quarter tons, the pad matters as much as the tank. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework so you build a base that carries the load and keeps the tank level over time. For cold-climate sites and applications like rural fire-water reservoirs, our write-up on fire-water reservoir tank design covers NFPA 22 sizing and freeze protection. Fitting, lid, and outlet configuration is not listed in our current spec for this SKU - confirm the exact fitting and gasket package by phone before ordering.
One mistake to avoid
The most common error with a heavy-duty 1.9 SG tank is under-building the support for the liquid you will actually store. The 1.9 rating is a ceiling, not a description of your contents: if your liquid's specific gravity exceeds 1.9, this tank is not rated for it, so verify your fluid's SG against that 1.9 limit before purchase. And if you plan to store anything heavier than water, design the pad and supports to the 4,595-pound maximum rated weight from day one - retrofitting a base under a full tank is not an option. If this tank is part of a reuse or aggregation system, our overview of industrial water reuse tank topology shows how to band storage by quality and sequence treatment stages.
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