The Snyder Industries 4100 Gallon XLPE Cone Bottom Tank is a black, crosslinked linear polyethylene cone bottom tank rated for a 1.5 specific gravity, built for full-drain bulk chemical storage and dispensing where the contents need to gravity-feed out of the cone. It stands 197 inches tall on a 90 x 90 inch footprint, holds 4,100 gallons, and ships LTL on a freight quote to your ZIP. This page answers the three things that decide the purchase: whether it fits your chemical and your space, what it costs to get it to you, and the one mistake that scraps a 4,100-gallon cone tank install.
Does it fit your chemical and your site?
The 1.5 specific gravity rating is the number that matters most. It means the XLPE wall is engineered to hold contents weighing up to 1.5 times the density of water. Fill this tank with water and you are carrying 34,194 pounds full; load it to its maximum rated 1.5 SG contents and you are at 51,291 pounds. That weight rides on a 90 x 90 inch footprint, so the cone stand and the slab under it have to be sized for the loaded number, not the empty tank. Cone bottom tanks always sit on a matched stand, so confirm your stand before you order, and review the cone bottom tank stand compatibility matrix before you pair a stand with this Snyder cone. At 197 inches the tank stands more than 16 feet tall before the stand adds any further lift, so confirm overhead clearance and a fill and vent access path before you site it. Run your fill volume through the Tank Sizing Calculator and read the Tank Sizing Guide if you are deciding between this and a different capacity.
Chemical compatibility
This is an XLPE (crosslinked polyethylene) tank rated to 1.5 specific gravity. Compatibility is always concentration and temperature specific, so verify against the OEM chemical-resistance chart and the Chemical Compatibility Database for your exact service conditions and temperature.
At its 1.5 SG rating this tank suits the following, with the noted fitting and gasket materials: acetic acid at 60% (PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets); aluminum sulfate at 50% (PVC, EPDM); calcium chloride at 40% (PVC, EPDM); DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) at 32.5% (316SS fittings, EPDM); ferrous sulfate at 20% (PVC, EPDM); magnesium chloride at 30% (PVC, EPDM); sodium carbonate at 30% (PVC, EPDM); urea solution at 50% (PP/PVC, EPDM); and ozonated water up to 10 PPM (PVC, EPDM). Note the fitting and gasket pairing per chemical, since DEF wants 316 stainless wetted parts where most of the salts run on PVC. This listing carries no published fitting package, so the bottom outlet, bulkhead, and valve must be specified and sourced to match your chemical (PVC, PP, or 316SS per the table above) rather than assumed to be included.
Some chemicals you may run in a cone tank exceed what a 1.5 SG wall is rated for and need a higher 1.9 specific gravity tank instead: ethylene glycol, ferric chloride, ferric sulfate, hydrofluosilicic acid (PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets), polyaluminum chloride, potassium carbonate, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol (PP or 316SS fittings), and sodium thiosulfate. If your chemical is on that list, do not specify this 1.5 SG tank for it; use the Tank Sizing Guide and Chemical Compatibility Database to spec the 1.9 SG equivalent before you order.
The mistake to avoid
The trap on this Snyder cone is the specific gravity match. A 4,100-gallon XLPE tank is the right wall for the 1.5 SG chemicals above, but it is the wrong wall for a denser chemical. Putting ethylene glycol, ferric chloride, or polyaluminum chloride in a 1.5 SG tank loads the wall beyond its rating, and that is a structural decision, not a preference, so step up to a 1.9 SG tank for those. The second trap is metering the fittings to the chemical: a tank running DEF needs 316 stainless steel wetted parts and EPDM gaskets, while the salts and acids above run on PVC or PP. Match the fitting and gasket material to your chemical, and confirm the stand carries the 51,291-pound loaded weight before chemical service. The third item to settle is secondary containment: for 4,100 gallons of bulk chemical, confirm whether your install needs 110% secondary containment under SPCC and compare the options in the Snyder Captor Plus 110% containment vs UL-142 SPCC guide.
This 4,100-gallon Snyder cone bottom tank ships LTL freight from the nearest plant, Lincoln, NE, quoted live to your ZIP. Get your number from the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777, and review the tank label and signage compliance guide and the tank level gauge selection guide to spec the level instrumentation and hazard placards for your bulk chemical install. See the technical drawing on this page for the full dimensional layout.
