The Snyder Industries 50 Gallon Rectangular PCO Tank ships in a compact 38" long by 20" wide by 22" tall footprint, holds 50 gallons, and is molded from polyethylene with a 1.5 specific gravity rating. The flat-sided rectangular profile slots into spaces a round portable tank wastes: pickup beds, utility trailers, equipment skids, and tight equipment rooms. The "no hoops" designation means it ships without the optional restraint hoops, so the tie-down or banding plan is on you before transport. Buyers searching for a 50 gallon rectangular tank from Snyder land here for exactly that combination of small footprint and a real SG rating.
Does this rectangular tank work for your application?
Empty, the tank rides on a 20.0 x 38.0 inch footprint at 22 inches tall, so it slides into a standard pickup bed and clears most low-clearance rooms. Full of plain water, the loaded tank weighs about 417 lb, and the body is rated to carry up to 626 lb of contents. Those two numbers exist for a reason: at the full 1.5 specific gravity rating, 50 gallons of a 1.5-SG fluid weighs roughly 626 lb (50 x 8.34 x 1.5), so the volume limit and the weight ceiling hit at the same moment. A 1.5-SG liquid fills this tank to both its gallon limit and its rated load with no headroom left in either direction. The pack does not list the tank's own dry weight, so add the empty-tank tare to your contents figure when you total the gross load your skid, rack, or trailer must carry, and confirm it with the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide before you fill.
Fittings and the technical drawing
Outlet and fitting size and placement are not published as a catalog spec for this tank; they are shown on the technical drawing on this page. Size any bulkhead fitting and gasket to the outlet that drawing specifies rather than guessing a thread, and treat the drawing as the authority on exact mold dimensions and port locations.
The mistake to avoid
The number that trips people up on a rectangular portable is the contents weight ceiling, not the gallon count. Fifty gallons of water is only 417 lb, but the 626 lb maximum rated contents weight is what governs whether you can run a heavier solution and how you have to brace the tank in transit. Match your support structure and tie-downs to that 626 lb figure, not to the water weight, and account for the load shifting when a partially filled tank moves. Because this unit ships with no hoops, the restraint design is yours to engineer, so build the mounting before the tank arrives, not after.
Freight and ordering
This Snyder rectangular tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP code. It is stocked at multiple Snyder plants, and we route from the location nearest you: Chowchilla, CA for the West Coast, Lincoln, NE for the Midwest, and Philippi, WV for the East and Mid-Atlantic, so most deliveries pull from the closest plant rather than crossing the country. Get an exact number before you order with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will work out the best routing for a 50 gallon rectangular PCO tank. Planning a larger water-storage layout? The guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through supporting heavier installs.
