The Snyder Industries 6000 Gallon Vertical Storage Tank (SKU 7430000N40) is a natural-white, crosslinked linear polyethylene (XLPE) vessel built for high-volume water and heavier-liquid storage where a rugged, single-purpose bulk tank is called for. It stands 188 inches tall on a 102 x 102 inch footprint, holds 6,000 gallons, and carries a 1.5 specific-gravity rating, so it is engineered for liquids meaningfully heavier than plain water. If you have been shopping XLPE vertical storage tanks from Snyder in this size class, this is the tank that anchors that decision.
Will it work for your site?
Plan for weight before anything else. Filled with water this tank carries roughly 50,040 pounds of contents, and at its full 1.5 SG ceiling it is rated to about 75,060 pounds of liquid — a 25,020-pound band of usable headroom. That headroom is the real reason to spec an XLPE tank here: it stores denser liquids such as brines, some liquid fertilizers, and wastewater at levels where a standard 1.0-rated poly tank would be over-filled by weight long before it was full by volume. The 1.5 SG rating is the ceiling for this tank, so match your contents' density to it and do not run above 1.5. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide to confirm 6,000 gallons fits your draw rate, and our concrete pad sizing guide to size the foundation to the ACI 360R-10 framework.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this tank is configured with a flange, an 18-inch PE threaded/vented fitting, a manway with 15-inch access, and two 12 x 23 inch fittings — one of them a flat-faced variant. Match your gasket and bolt pattern to the fitting face before you order couplers: a flat-faced 12 x 23 fitting needs a full-face gasket, not the ring gasket a raised or standard face would take. Confirm the 18-inch threaded/vented fitting is sized to your transfer-pump flow rate as well — undersized venting on a 6,000-gallon tank can balloon or collapse the shell during fast fill and draw. For high-volume reservoir and fire-water work, our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and freeze protection.
The mistake to avoid
Do not under-build the foundation. At 188 inches tall on a 102 x 102 inch base, this is a tall, relatively narrow vessel, and that aspect ratio makes level-tolerance, wind, and seismic anchoring matter more than they would on a squat tank. Crosslinked polyethylene resists stress cracking under sustained load, but the 1.5 SG rating still assumes the tank sits dead-level on a pad sized for its loaded weight — up to 75,060 pounds — not the empty shell. Size the pad and anchoring for the full load and the height.
This tank ships LTL, quoted live to your ZIP. It can originate from Chowchilla, CA; Lincoln, NE; or Philippi, WV, and your freight cost is driven largely by which of those plants is closest to your delivery point — so pull a number for your exact ZIP with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to lock in your fitting configuration and delivery.
