The Snyder Industries 3000 Gallon HDPE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a 96-inch-tall white polyethylene tank built to a 102 x 102-inch round footprint and certified to ASTM standards. It holds 3,000 gallons and carries a 1.4 specific gravity rating, which is the single most important number on this page: it tells you exactly how heavy a liquid this wall is engineered to hold, and it is what separates a long-service install from a premature failure. For straight water storage, rainwater capture, fire-water reserve, or general bulk liquid handling, this Snyder vertical tank is sized and rated for the job.
Will it work for your site?
The geometry is straightforward to plan around. The tank stands 96 inches tall on a 102 x 102-inch footprint, so confirm both your overhead clearance and a level pad before ordering. For water service, the tank and its contents load the pad at approximately 25,020 lbs - that is the number a water buyer should design the foundation around. The higher 35,028 lb figure only comes into play if you fill the tank with a liquid near its rated 1.4 density ceiling, so you do not need to over-spec your pad to that weight for plain water. Either way, the full-load weight is what your foundation carries, not the empty shell, so a properly engineered, level concrete pad is not optional at this size. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide to confirm this 3,000-gallon vertical is the right fit before you commit, and confirm the fitting and outlet configuration on the technical drawing on this page.
The 1.4 specific gravity rating - and the mistake to avoid
The common mistake on a tank this size is treating the specific gravity rating as a formality. A 1.4 SG rating means the wall is engineered to safely hold liquids up to 1.4 times the density of water. Plain water is 1.0, so for water service you carry comfortable margin - and that margin is its own quiet advantage: if you later move a denser compatible liquid into this tank, the wall is already rated for it rather than forcing a tank swap. The error to avoid is filling a vertical tank past its rated headspace or assuming the density ceiling does not apply to you - the wall is sized per ASTM D1998, and that sizing logic assumes you respect the rated fill line and the 1.4 density limit. Our guide on HDPE tank wall thickness at the vapor-saturated headspace walks through where premature failures actually originate and why liquid-side inspection misses them.
A note on use case
If you are sizing this vertical storage tank for fire-water reserve at a rural or remote site, the fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze-protection engineering for cold-climate service. For double-wall containment questions on Snyder HDPE tanks, the Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard sizing guide covers the freeboard math that determines the volume you can actually use.
This Snyder vertical storage tank ships LTL by freight, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest of three Snyder plants - Chowchilla, CA; Lincoln, NE; or Philippi, WV. A West Coast install draws from California, a central-US site draws from Nebraska, and a Mid-Atlantic site draws from West Virginia, so the nearest plant determines your quote. Get an exact freight number with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to lock in freight and confirm lead time before you order.
