Snyder Industries 5000 Gallon Black Vertical Storage Tank

Where it goes

At 116 inches this is a 5,000 gallon tank that stands under a ten foot ceiling with room to open the manway, which puts it inside a packing shed, a winery or dairy utility room, a pump house or a shade structure, as well as on an open pad. Snyder also makes 5,000 gallons in black on another shell, the 1002100C37-BLACK, whose own page gives its diameter and height; this wide one is for the site with ground to spare and a roof close overhead. The buyers are irrigation and frost protection reserves, process and wash water at food plants, rainwater and reuse collection, and bulk liquid fertilizer at a grower or a blender. The floor is the structural question: a rotationally moulded tank bears on its whole floor, so the 120 inch circle carries all 41,700 lb of water and more at the rating. Engineer the slab to our concrete pad sizing guide, flat as well as level and in full contact, with containment where the liquid is regulated. A low, wide tank catches little wind but still gets strapped before the first fill in seismic and high wind country. For a fire reserve, read fire water reservoir design for rural and remote sites; for collected water, industrial water reuse tank topology. Check the volume against the draw in the tank sizing calculator and take freeboard from the tank sizing guide.

Openings and fittings

1. Outlet. A 3 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting low in the wall. Your valve, camlock or pipe adapter threads straight in. Use a flexible connector to hard pipe and carry the first valve on a support off the pad, so the wall carries liquid and not hardware.
2. Manway. An 18 inch threaded vented manway on top. Wide enough for a fill hose, a float switch and a brush. Keep the vent clear; the pump draws air through it.
3. Liquid and temperature. Polyethylene handles water, most fertilizers and many common chemicals to 120 F. For anything aggressive, check with us before the order. Where a second wall is required, the double wall freeboard guide works out the usable volume.
4. Drawing. Snyder's drawing, linked under Technical Drawing on this page, gives the outlet position and the footprint for the pad.

Sizes nearby

The other 5,000 gallon black tank is the 5000 gallon black vertical tank 1002100C37-BLACK, and its heavy duty wall is the 5000 gallon black heavy duty tank 1002100C34. In crosslinked resin: the 5000 gallon ASTM XLPE tank 1002100N40 and, a step down, the 4900 gallon ASTM XLPE tank 5480000N40. For stored water where you want to see the level through the wall, the 5100 gallon vertical tank in white.

Shipping and receiving

The tank ships LTL at freight class 400 from Snyder's plant in Chowchilla, CA, 120 by 120 by 116 inches on the deck and 650 lb. The listed price is before freight; the freight cost estimator gives the lane cost to your ZIP. Tell the carrier the 120 inch diameter first; a wide load is a different trailer than a slim one. Unload with a loader with long forks and slings under the body or a crane, never through the manway, onto the cured pad. Check 7000500C37-BLACK on the bill of lading, walk the shell for transit damage, then fill with water the first time and watch the pad edge before it carries anything else.

Ready to order? 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.