The Snyder Industries 3000 Gallon Black Vertical Storage Tank (SKU 5130300C37-BLACK) is a polyethylene vertical storage tank built for bulk water and high-density liquid duty. It holds 3,000 gallons in a 96-inch-diameter base and stands 111 inches tall, so before you order, confirm your pad and any building clearance can take a tank that is eight feet across and just over nine feet high. The black resin blocks light to slow algae growth, which makes this size a practical choice for outdoor fresh-water storage, fire-water reserve, and reuse-train holding.
Will it work for your job
This vertical tank carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating, meaning the wall is engineered to hold liquids substantially heavier than water. Filled with water at 8.34 lb per gallon, the contents alone weigh about 25,020 lb; at the tank's full 1.5 SG rating the contents can reach roughly 37,530 lb. Those figures are the weight of the liquid only, not the loaded total - the tank's own dry weight is not listed here, so add tare separately when you size a pad or schedule offloading equipment. The base is a full 96-inch-diameter ring, so pour your concrete pad to support that entire circle with no overhang. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you match this 3000-gallon vertical storage tank to your daily draw and refill schedule, and the technical drawing on this page gives you the dimensioned outline for layout.
Pad and structural planning
A tank carrying 25,000 lb of water or more loads its pad heavily and concentrates that weight on a fixed 8-foot circle. Get the base right before delivery. Our guide to concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework so the slab is sized for the loaded weight, not just the empty shell. If this tank is going into a private fire-protection setup, the fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, the industrial water reuse tank topology guide shows where a vertical storage tank this size fits in a banded storage train.
The mistake to avoid
The 1.5 SG rating is the real value here, not just a safety margin: this exact SKU already carries denser liquids up to 1.5 specific gravity without stepping up to a heavier-spec tank, so if you are unsure where your product density will land, you are covered to that ceiling as-is. What it is not is a free pass to add unlimited fittings or pressure. The single most important thing to verify: fitting and outlet configuration is not part of our listed data for this SKU. Confirm outlet size, fitting locations, and any bulkhead and gasket pairings against the technical drawing on this page, or call 866-418-1777 to spec compatible fittings and gaskets for your outlet before you plumb anything. If your project later moves toward double-wall containment, read Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard sizing per ASTM D1998 for the freeboard math behind it.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Chowchilla, California, with freight quoted live to your ZIP code. Get your estimate with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm pad readiness and delivery access before you order. A tank this size needs forklift or crane offloading, so plan the receiving end as carefully as the pad.
