Snyder Industries 550 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank

Black, low, and out of the way

A tank that stands outside against a building does two things a tank in a room never has to: it takes weather, and it stays out of sight. Black polyethylene ages far slower than white in sun, keeps stored water clear of algae, and keeps a light-sensitive chemical at strength; it runs warmer in the sun than a white wall, which argues for the north side of the building if the liquid must stay cool, and it hides the level, so a sight tube or a sender goes in with the tank. The 1.9 wall covers the dense chemicals as well as water. Full at the rating it puts 8,715 pounds on a 64 inch circle, and a rotationally molded floor bears on all of it: a slab in full contact per the concrete pad sizing guide, or a compacted, screeded gravel base for water, inside a berm when the liquid is regulated, and a strap to the wall behind it while the tank is empty. The tank sizing calculator turns feed rate and delivery interval into a volume, and the tank sizing guide covers the reserve.

The 550s in black and white, low and tall

The 1820000C26 is this tank in white for indoors, and the 8060000C34 its inch-shorter black twin from the Marked Tree and Philippi plants for buyers nearer them. The 1800000 family stands the same 550 gallons up on a 48 inch base at 75 inches, black in the C34 and N51, for a site with height and no floor. The 5780100N42 is the 500 gallon cross-linked tank for oxidizers, and the 1700200N42 the 710 in that resin.

Need the taller or the wider one? Every row links to its page with freight to your ZIP on each; 866-418-1777 will check the ceiling and the pad.

Fittings, and reading a black tank

• Outlet: 2 inch polypropylene female NPT bulkhead fitting, at the base; a flexible connector to hard pipe, the valve supported off the pad, and the reducer to the pump's suction at the pump.
• Access: 18 inch threaded, vented manway, 47 inches up, opened from the ground; fill from a tote or a truck through a dip tube, and vent outside on anything that fumes.
• Service limit: 120 F / 48 C.

A black wall hides the level, so a sender read at the pad or a sight tube off the outlet is part of the install, and a low-level float shuts the pump off before it draws air. The pump sits at floor level and primes by gravity. Keep the manway closed against rain and vapor loss, and label the tank for whoever walks up to it next. Where it freezes, wrap or trace the outlet valve and the first pipe run; the body takes ice from the top down without harm, and a black wall thaws first in the morning sun.

Where a low black 550 stands

Under the eave of a well house or a pump shed, beneath a deck for a rain or a greywater reserve, against a barn wall for a spray-mix supply, at a lift station for a chemical feed, and on a trailer where a low tank rides better than a tall one. Not a fire tank; the fire-water reservoir design guide works in thousands of gallons. Where a reuse system collects roof water and condensate, the industrial water reuse tank topology article shows where a low dark tank under the eave sits in the train.

Freight from Chowchilla or Lincoln

The 1820000C34 ships from Chowchilla, California or Lincoln, Nebraska, whichever is nearer, as LTL freight at class 400, the class light, bulky tanks take; the freight cost estimator quotes the lane to your ZIP, and the listed price is before freight. Two people stand 100 pounds; at 64 inches across it goes around the building. Fill it with water to the manway once and look at the outlet fitting for a weep, then drain and dry before the chemical goes in. Check the strap after the first windy week; a full tank and an empty one move differently. A strap that is checked once a season is a strap that holds; put it on the same calendar as the gutters.