The Snyder Industries 3000 Gallon ASTM Black Vertical Storage Tank is a large-footprint polyethylene vertical storage tank built for bulk water and high-density liquid service. It carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating, so it is engineered to hold contents heavier than water without exceeding the tank wall's design load. At 90 inches in diameter and 127 inches tall, it sits on a 90 x 90 inch footprint and gives you a 3,000 gallon working reservoir in a single vertical column that minimizes the pad area you have to prepare. As a rotomolded polyethylene storage tank of this class, it is built to the ASTM D1998 standard the title references.
Will this tank work for your site?
Filled with plain water, this tank carries about 25,020 pounds of contents at capacity. Because the shell is rated to a 1.5 specific gravity, the maximum rated contents weight climbs to 37,530 pounds when you store a denser liquid up to that density limit. Plan your pad and anchoring around the load you actually intend to store, not just the water figure. The black polyethylene wall blocks light penetration, which suppresses algae growth in stored water and makes this a practical choice for a fire-water reservoir, an irrigation buffer, or a bulk rainwater and reuse storage train. For help matching gallons to your draw-down and refill cycle, run the numbers through our Tank Sizing Calculator and review the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit to a size. If this is feeding a grey-water, rainwater, or condensate reuse train, our guide on industrial water reuse tank topology covers how to band and sequence that storage.
Foundation and installation
A tank this size demands a level, full-contact foundation. At 37,530 pounds of rated load on a 90 x 90 inch footprint, the pad has to carry the full weight uniformly across the base to keep the shell from developing stress points. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for getting the base right. If this tank is going into a private fire-protection stack, our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. Confirm your fitting layout against the technical drawing on this page before finalizing your plumbing connections.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a heavy vertical tank is treating the specific gravity rating as a suggestion. This shell is rated to 1.5 SG, meaning it is validated for water and for denser liquids up to that density. Do not fill it with a liquid heavier than 1.5 SG, and do not skimp on the foundation because the water weight looked manageable. The rated 37,530 pound load is the number your pad and anchoring must be designed to. Also confirm your intended contents are compatible with black HDPE before filling.
This tank ships LTL, quoted live to your ZIP from whichever Snyder plant is nearest you: Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV. Which plant you draw from materially changes the LTL cost, so an East-Coast buyer ships from West Virginia while a Plains or Western buyer ships from Nebraska. Get an exact number through our Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to lock in your freight and lead time before you order.
