The Snyder Industries 550 Gallon Supertainer is a 304 stainless steel IBC tote tank. Listed at 550 gallons, it stands 71.25 in. tall on a 48 x 42 in. footprint and occupies a single 48-in-wide pallet floor position. The shell is silver 304 stainless steel.
Will it work for your operation?
Start with the weight math. Filled with water this tote carries about 4,587 lb across its 48.0 x 42.0 in. footprint at a specific-gravity-1.0 baseline - that is the load your rack, floor, and forklift must handle. Heavier fluids scale from there by specific gravity; a 1.5-SG fluid pushes the same 550 gallons toward roughly 6,880 lb, so confirm your equipment rating before you fill. Here is the upside of a stainless tote: unlike a plastic IBC, whose wall is derated as fluid density rises, the 304 stainless steel shell carries no specific-gravity rating at all. The service ceiling is set by your fluid's chemistry against 304 stainless, your gasket, and your fitting metallurgy rather than a density limit - so the weight math, not the shell, becomes the gate for dense fluids the plastic equivalent would derate against. On clearance, the 71.25 in. height clears standard 80-in doorways and trailer interiors; the 48-in width is the dimension to measure against your actual door opening, because an IBC that will not fit through the door is a freight return waiting to happen. If you are weighing a tote against a larger fixed tank, the Container vs Tank buying guide and the Tank Sizing Calculator help you size the move, and the Tank Sizing Guide walks through capacity-to-footprint tradeoffs.
Containment, dosing, and stainless service
Stainless IBC totes are used in chemical metering and containment-regulated workflows. If this tote feeds a dosing skid, the Pump Skid Design for Tank-Fed Dosing Operations guide covers stainless frame engineering, drip-pan containment, and leak-detection architecture. For hazardous-waste storage, review RCRA 40 CFR 264.193 secondary containment for the leak-detection and inspection-cadence requirements that govern tote systems. When chemistry is the question, match your fluid against 304 stainless steel and your gasket and fitting materials using the Chemical Compatibility Database before service.
The mistake to avoid
Fitting, valve, and gasket configuration is not fixed by this listing and must be specified for your service - on a stainless tote, the failure point is usually a mismatched gasket or fitting rather than the shell itself. Verify your full fluid chemistry, gasket, and fitting compatibility against 304 stainless steel with the Chemical Compatibility Database before you put product in this tank, and confirm valve and outlet sizing for your transfer pump on the 866-418-1777 line.
This Supertainer ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Michigan, quoted live to your ZIP - get your number with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to confirm fitting and gasket details and lock in delivery. List price is shown above and is before freight.
