Snyder Industries 360 Gallon Used Oil Containment Tank with Level Gauge

The shop that collects used oil and has to keep it off the floor

The duty is collection, not supply, and that inverts almost everything about how a tank gets chosen. Nothing arrives in this tank by tanker; it fills a few gallons at a time, from a drain pan, a pump, a suction gun or an oil change bay, over weeks, and then it is emptied in one go by a hauler with a vacuum truck. The buyers are the operations that generate waste oil rather than consume it: a vehicle or equipment service shop, a fleet or municipal yard, a farm or contractor workshop, a plant maintaining hydraulic and gearbox oil, a quick lube bay, a marina. They all want the same short list: a container that holds long enough between collections that the hauler comes on a sensible schedule, somewhere to put it that does not become a permanent oil stain, and a way to know how full it is without climbing on it. Three hundred and sixty gallons is a deliberate middle number: enough that a busy bay is not calling for a collection every fortnight, small enough that the tank is not sitting mostly empty for months when a hauler charges for the trip.

Setting it up

At 234 lb empty a small shop can reposition it without a machine on site. Set it on a flat, continuous, level surface carrying the whole 53 inch square: a slab or a solid deck, not a pallet with a broken board and not shimmed at a corner. Where the floor is a poured pad rather than a structural slab, our concrete pad sizing guide for above ground polyethylene tanks sets out how the pad is sized. Keep the lid closed between additions so rainwater and shop dust stay out of the oil, because haulers charge more for contaminated loads. The fitted gauge covers the everyday question; if you want a remote reading or an alarm before the hauler's visit, our level gauge selection guide compares the options. Check the volume against your real generation rate and your hauler's schedule in the tank sizing calculator, and take the freeboard from the tank sizing guide, because a waste tank filled to the lid is a waste tank nobody can add to on a Friday afternoon.

Openings and what to check before you buy

1. Lid. A 12 inch lid on top: wide enough for a drain pan funnel, a pump hose and the hauler's suction wand.
2. Level gauge. Fitted. The gauge type and scale are not listed, so ask us if your site needs a particular reading.
3. Outlet. None is stated for this part. Most haulers empty through the lid with a suction wand; if you need a drain fitting, tell us before you order and we will confirm what Snyder supplies.
4. Drawing. Snyder's drawing for this tank is linked under Technical Drawing on this page and shows the layout.

Sizes nearby

The same yellow collection tank in two other sizes: one down, the 275 gallon used oil containment tank with level gauge; one up, the 405 gallon used oil containment tank with level gauge.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships LTL under NMFC 156600 from Snyder's plant in Marked Tree AR, 53 by 53 by 63 inches at 234 lb. Add it to your cart at the top of this page, get LTL freight to your ZIP, or call 866-418-1777. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. At the tailgate, check the part number against 5760102N95704 on the bill of lading, look over every face and the gauge for transit damage, and fill it part way with water the first time to prove the gauge reads before any oil goes in.