The Snyder Industries 5800 Gallon Open Top Batch Storage Tank is a 125" tall cylinder on a 120" x 120" footprint, molded in white cross-linked polyethylene and rated to 1.9 specific gravity. The open top lets you batch, blend, and visually monitor a level without crawling a lid, which is why operators searching for an open top tank or open top storage tank in this size land on a vessel built to hold dense static contents, not just water. Because the wall is cross-linked polyethylene rather than linear HDPE, treat this as heavy static and batch-holding storage: cross-linked resin cannot be field-welded or modified the way linear can, so confirm any agitator or mechanical-mixing plan with us first. Below are the three things to confirm before you order: what it holds, how it ships, and the mistake to avoid on a tank this size.
What this tank holds and weighs
At 5,800 gallons, plain water fills this tank to roughly 48,372 lb. The 1.9 S.G. rating means the wall is built for far heavier liquid: at the maximum rated contents the tank carries about 91,907 lb. That 1.9 rating is the value here, not a limitation. It sits at the top of Snyder's standard specific-gravity ladder for this size, so the tank already covers dense brines and slurries at the heaviest end of typical open-top duty without forcing you into a special order. The spread between full-water weight and maximum rated weight is the number that drives your pad and your footing. Run your fill scenario through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide so the foundation is sized to the liquid you actually run, not just to water. Dimensions and the wall profile are on the technical drawing on this page.
The mistake to avoid: the pad, not the tank
On a 120" x 120" footprint carrying up to about 91,907 lb, the failure point is almost never the polyethylene. It is the slab. A tank rated to 1.9 S.G. invites heavy contents, and a slab poured for a water tank will not carry that load over years of service. Pour and level a full-bearing pad before the tank arrives, and confirm the design against our Concrete Pad Sizing for Above-Ground Polyethylene Tanks guide, which walks the ACI 360R-10 framework and the ACI 318 boundary. The open top also means this vessel is vented by design, so plan for cover, debris, and any freeze exposure up front. No fittings are listed for this configuration, so confirm outlet, drain, and any gasketed bulkhead placement with us at 866-418-1777 before you order.
Common uses at this size
A 5,800-gallon open top cylinder works as bulk water reserve, batch and blend holding, process storage, and reuse aggregation. If you are building a reuse train, the Industrial Water Reuse Tank Topology guide covers quality-banded storage and treatment-stage sequencing. For private fire-protection reserve, the Fire-Water Reservoir Tank Design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and cold-climate freeze protection. Because storage at this volume puts vapor at the top of the wall, the HDPE Tank Wall Thickness at the Vapor-Saturated Headspace guide explains where premature failures start and the ASTM D1998 sizing logic behind the wall.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder Industries plant in Lincoln, NE, quoted live to your ZIP. At 125" tall on a 120" footprint, this is an oversize-dimension move, not standard freight, so confirm delivery-site access and routing before ordering. Get a freight estimate to your ZIP with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm dimensions, lead time, and the best routing for a tank this size.
