Snyder Industries 550 Gallon Plastic Stackable IBC Tote Tank Megatainer System

Lincoln builds it, and 81 inches of footprint sets the lane

Everything about this unit follows from its footprint, so start there. Snyder molds it at Lincoln, Nebraska, and it moves as LTL freight at NMFC 156600-03, but at 81 inches long by 48 inches wide it is not a one-pallet item the way a small tote is: it covers the ground of two standard pallet positions laid end to end, and it wants forks long enough to carry it without the far end hanging. That single fact is what decides whether this is the right container for your site. Ask three questions before you order it. Can the truck that brings it be unloaded by a machine that reaches 81 inches under the load. Does the route from the dock to the working position have a straight run that long, including the turn at the end of the aisle. And does the position itself have 48 inches of depth plus room to stand beside it, because a container you cannot walk around is a container nobody inspects. Get those three right and the economics are excellent: 550 gallons in one handled unit is a bulk-tank quantity that arrives on an ordinary truck with no permit, no crane and no pad, which is why Megatainers end up in plants that cannot take a vertical tank through the door. The freight cost estimator prices the Nebraska lane to your ZIP, and the listed price is before freight. Under the unit, the floor carries 4587 pounds of water or up to 8715 pounds of contents at the rated specific gravity of 1.9, spread over 81 by 48 inches, and if the unit is stacked the one underneath carries it too, so a stack goes on a flat floor, square, within the site's own rules, never leaned against a rack. Run the volume and the turnover against your real draw in the tank sizing calculator, take the reserve and the freeboard from the tank sizing guide, and settle the tier question honestly with the drum versus tote versus bulk tank break-even analysis before you standardise a fleet on this size.

The Megatainer pair, the 330 and the aviation 550

Take this one over its own twin when you want the Megatainer complete as the system is sold, inserts included; the SII-6230001B97202 is the same 81 by 48 by 60 inch shell listed without them, at 597.3 pounds on this sheet, and its own sheet publishes a different temperature limit and a different plant list, so read that page for its figures rather than assuming this one's apply. Against the other two the difference is duty and shape. The SII-373449 is a Jet-A Liquitote built for aviation fuel, and it is a different unit in every way that matters: 42 by 48 inches on the floor, 77.75 inches tall, 665 pounds, tall and narrow where this is long and low, and specified for a fuel rather than for general chemical service. The SII-6610056B97205 is the step down, 330 gallons in a red 45 by 45 by 64 inch unit at 268 pounds, which is the one that fits a single pallet position and turns in an aisle; it is the right buy when the 81 inch length is the thing your building cannot give. What this unit offers that none of them do is 550 gallons at 60 inches tall on a footprint you can get a fork truck all the way under.

Height or floor the limit? The table has both shapes; freight to your ZIP is quoted on each row, or call 866-418-1777 with the site.

A 7 inch lid, and the outlet the sheet prints as a bare 2

• Fill opening: 7 inches, which is what the sheet gives for the lid on top. That is a working opening for a fill hose, a level probe and a light, not an entry, and on a container 81 inches long it is the only place you will ever see the inside, so use it: look in with a light at every refill and note what the wall above the liquid line looks like.
• Outlet: the sheet lists the outlet as 2, with no unit, so that is exactly what this page says. It is not printed here as a pipe size, and if the connection matters to your install, ask us and we will confirm the fitting from Snyder rather than guess from a field.
• Inlet: the sheet lists the inlet as 2, again with no unit, and the same applies.
• Venting: a container this size will pull its own walls in if it is drained against a closed top, so the vent path stays open whenever liquid is moving, in or out.
• Service limit: 120 F / 48 C, as given on this sheet. No warranty term is published; ask us for Snyder's current terms in writing.

Support whatever hangs off the outlet on something other than the outlet. On a non-caged tote the shell is the structure, and a valve with a hose reel, a meter or a rigid line on it is a lever working against a molded fitting every time somebody pulls the hose. Flexible first joint, then hard pipe on its own bracket, and the whole assembly inside the footprint rather than sticking into the aisle where a fork truck will find it. Keep the unit's top clean, because grit on a 7 inch thread is how a sealed container starts weeping. Where the liquid is regulated, the container is only part of the system and the pallet, the bund and the inspection cadence are the rest: the RCRA 40 CFR 264.193 secondary containment article covers what is asked and how often, and the Captor 110 percent containment comparison is the honest look at a contained vessel against a tote standing on a bund.

Bulk chemical handling where a drum line is too slow

This is the unit for the site that is done with drums and cannot take a tank. Typical duty is a plant chemical consumed steadily enough that 550 gallons turns over in weeks, a dosing or additive supply beside a process skid, a blend or intermediate held between steps, a wash or clean-in-place chemical at a food or beverage plant, a feed for a portable dispensing station, or a load that moves between two of a company's own sites on a flatbed. The decision that comes before all of them is the tier: drum, tote, or bulk tank, and the answer depends on annual volume, how often the container is handled, the hazard class and how much floor you have, which is exactly the order the container versus tank guide asks it in. Tell us the liquid at order and the fitting and gasket set gets matched to it rather than assumed. The wall is rated at a specific gravity of 1.9 on this sheet, which is the number a dense solution gets checked against first, and the unit gives 8715 pounds of contents at that rating against 4587 pounds of water in the same 550 gallons.

Rated liquids and the fittings to order with them

The resin carries a rating for each liquid below at the concentration shown, and each line names the wetted fitting and gasket to specify. Confirm the service you actually run on the chemical page or in the chemical compatibility database before ordering.

• Sulfuric Acid at 98% - CPVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Hydrochloric Acid at 37% - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Phosphoric Acid at 85% - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Hydrofluoric Acid at 48% - PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Sodium Hypochlorite at
• Hydrogen Peroxide at 50% - PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
• Peracetic Acid at 30% - 316SS fittings, Aflas gaskets
• Ferric Chloride at 50% - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Aluminum Sulfate at 50% - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Calcium Chloride at 40% - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• DEF at 32.5% - 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Ethylene Glycol at 100% - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Potassium Hydroxide saturated - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• Sodium Carbonate at 30% - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
• acetic acid
• ferric sulfate
• ferrous sulfate
• hydrofluosilicic acid
• magnesium chloride
• polyaluminum chloride
• potassium carbonate
• propylene glycol
• sodium bisulfate
• sodium bisulfite
• sodium thiosulfate
• urea solution and
• zinc orthophosphate with the appropriate PVC, PP, or 316SS fitting and EPDM, Viton, or Aflas gasket - see the full

Freight class LTL, and two weights on one sheet

It ships from Lincoln, Nebraska as freight class LTL with NMFC 156600-03, shipping at 81 inches by 48 inches by 60 inches. Its sheet gives an empty weight of 63 pounds and a ship weight of 630 pounds, and its twin appears on the same sheet at 597.3 pounds; we print all three as the sheet prints them and offer no explanation for the difference, so plan the lift for a unit that may weigh what a loaded pallet weighs and tell us if you need the figure confirmed before the truck is booked. The freight cost estimator prices the lane to your ZIP, and the listed price is before freight. Have long forks and a clear 81 inch run ready on delivery day, take it off the deck in one straight lift rather than dragging it, and set it down on its working position the first time. Inspect the top opening, the outlet and the base on the ground before anything goes in, then water test it if it is going into a regulated service. The last habit is the cheapest one: write the unit's position and its date of service on the shell, because a container that moves is a container whose history walks off with it. The vent screen is the cheapest part on the tank and the one that saves it; look at it every time the manway opens.