Snyder Industries 5000 Gallon 15 Degree Plastic Vertical Cone Bottom Tank Cross Link

A tanker load that drains completely

A flat-bottom tank always keeps a few inches of liquid and everything that settled in it; a cone bottom drains through the apex, so a chemical that stratifies, a polymer that settles or a batch that has to be changed over completely comes out clean. Fifteen degrees is the gentle cone, the one for liquids that flow, and it keeps the tank shorter than the steep cones at the same volume; the cone bottom tank buyers guide works through when 15, 30 or 45 degrees is the right slope. A cone bottom tank stands on a steel stand that carries the whole load through the cone's skirt, and the stand has to match the tank; the cone bottom tank stand compatibility matrix lists which stands fit this shell. Below is the resin's rated chemistry; check the liquid at its concentration in the chemical compatibility database, because carrying the weight and resisting the chemical are separate properties of the wall. A single wall tank of regulated chemical needs a berm sized to its volume; the Snyder Captor 110 percent containment comparison covers when a double wall tank is the cleaner answer than a basin. The tank sizing calculator sizes the tank from feed rate and delivery interval; the tank sizing guide covers the reserve.

Grades on the 5,000 gallon cone, and the size beside it

The N45 is the other heavy-wall cone at this tank's weight, listed 10 inches shorter, for dense chemicals that do not oxidize; the N43 and N49 are the lighter grades in the same cone, the N49 in black for sun, at less than half the resin. The 8050100N43 is the 4,600 gallon cone on this base, 12 inches shorter, in the light grade.

Comparing against another maker? Send the competing spec to 866-418-1777 and we will show the differences honestly.

Openings, the stand and the drain

• Bottom outlet: at the apex of the cone; specify the bulkhead fitting for the chemical when ordering, and run a flexible transition to the valve so the fitting carries no pipe weight.
• Access: 18 inch lid, 176 inches up on the stand; fill through a dip tube, vent outside on anything that fumes, and size the vent for a tanker's unload rate.
• Stand: a steel cone-bottom stand matched to this shell, bolted to the slab; the tank does not stand on its own.
• Service limit: 120 F / 48 C.

Where every port goes is worth a plan before the first hole: the tank fitting placement strategy guide lays out vent, fill, level and drain so they do not fight each other or the operator, and on a cone bottom the drain is already decided. Choose the level sender for the chemical and read it at ground level; keep the lid closed against vapor loss, and shade the tank where the chemical is light-sensitive. Full, the tank and stand put 79,230 pounds on the slab through the stand's legs, so the slab is engineered for point loads, not a spread floor, inside a berm sized to the tank.

Tanker day

The driver's pump can deliver faster than the lid vent can breathe, so the vent is sized for the unload rate or the fill goes through a dedicated top bulkhead with its own vent line. The fill pipe runs to the cone so the liquid does not free-fall and foam; on a shell this tall that is a long drop. The first delivery into a new tank is watched from start to finish, with the stand legs and the apex fitting checked as the level climbs, and from then on each load is logged by date and strength.

Duty it is sized for

Polymer and coagulant storage that has to drain clean between batches, chemical make-down at a plant, process liquids that settle, brine that has to be drawn from the bottom, and any tanker-sized vessel where the last gallon and the sediment both matter. One chemical, one tank, one label that both inspectors read the same way.

Liquids this resin is rated to store

These entries are the manufacturer's ratings for this resin, each with the concentration limit and the fitting and gasket to specify. Your concentration and temperature are confirmed on the chemical page or in the chemical compatibility database before ordering.

• Acetic Acid (60%) - PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Aluminum Sulfate (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Calcium Chloride (40%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• DEF (32.5%) - 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Ethylene Glycol (100%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Ferric Chloride (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Ferric Sulfate (60%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Ferrous Sulfate (20%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Hydrochloric Acid (37%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Hydrofluoric Acid (48%) - PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Hydrofluosilicic Acid (26%) - PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Hydrogen Peroxide (50%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Magnesium Chloride (30%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Peracetic Acid (30%) - 316SS fittings, Aflas gaskets
• Phosphoric Acid (85%) - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Polyaluminum Chloride - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Potassium Carbonate (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Potassium Hydroxide (saturated) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Propylene Glycol - PP/316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Sodium Bisulfate - PVC/PP fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Sodium Bisulfite - PVC/PP fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Sodium Carbonate (30%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Sodium Hypochlorite (
• Sodium Thiosulfate (40%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Sulfuric Acid (98%) - CPVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Urea Solution (50%) - PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Zinc Orthophosphate - PP/316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets

Landing it on the pad

At 102 inches across the 8050200N42 is oversize freight (NMFC 156600) on a flatbed at a lane rate, shipped lying down with the stand separate; the freight cost estimator prices the lane to your ZIP; the figure listed here is before freight. A crane sets 1,300 pounds into the stand; this is not a forklift job. Water-fill it once to the lid, hold it, check the apex fitting, then drain and dry before the chemical connection is made. Save the pallet; a tank that ever has to move again is easier to move on it.