The Snyder Industries 4500 Gallon Vertical Storage Tank is a black, crosslinked linear polyethylene (XLPE) vertical storage tank built for high-volume water and bulk-liquid storage. XLPE is the tougher wall resin Snyder uses to carry a 1.5 specific gravity rating, meaning the wall is engineered to hold contents up to 1.5 times the density of water. At 4,500 gallons this vertical tank stands 142 inches (about 11.8 feet) tall on a 102 x 102 inch (8.5-foot square) footprint, making it a workhorse for rural fire-water reservoirs, agricultural supply, and industrial process water storage.
Will it work for your site?
Size the pad and structure around the loaded weight, not the empty shell. Filled with plain water this tank carries roughly 37,530 pounds; at its full 1.5 SG rating it can hold up to about 56,295 pounds of contents. That is an ~18,765-pound swing, so design the foundation for the rated-SG case, not the water case. All of it rides on a flat, level 102 x 102 inch square base. Before ordering, check your fit: you need overhead clearance above 11.8 feet for fill and vent access, and a gate or door opening wide enough to pass an 8.5-foot square tank. Our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you match capacity to draw-down and refill needs, and our guide on concrete pad sizing under the ACI 360R-10 framework walks through the above-ground foundation. For a private fire-protection reservoir, the rural fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. If you are aggregating grey-water, rainwater, or condensate for reuse, the industrial water reuse tank topology guide covers quality-banded storage trains. See the technical drawing on this page for dimensioned views before you pour concrete.
Freight and lead time
This vertical storage tank ships LTL freight. It is produced at Snyder plants in Chowchilla, California and Lincoln, Nebraska, so West Coast buyers pull from Chowchilla and Midwest and central buyers pull from Lincoln — we route your order from the plant nearest your delivery ZIP to keep transit time and cost down. Because a 4,500 gallon tank is large-footprint freight, the cost depends on your ZIP and site access, so we quote it live rather than baking it into the list price.
The mistake to avoid
The biggest error on a tank this size is treating the specific gravity rating as a licence to fill it with anything. The 1.5 specific gravity rating is a structural limit — it tells you the wall can carry a liquid up to 1.5 times the weight of water, not that any contents are cleared for storage. If you plan to store anything denser than plain water, confirm the contents weight stays within the rated limit before filling. For thermal-expansion and freeboard headroom on rated-SG service, the ASTM D1998 freeboard sizing guide shows how much usable volume you actually get.
Ready to move? Get an LTL freight rate to your ZIP with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm fit, foundation, and lead time before you order. We will route this 4500 gallon black XLPE vertical storage tank from the nearest Snyder plant and quote freight straight to your site.
