The Snyder Industries 6000 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is the workhorse of bulk above-ground water storage: a 6,000-gallon polyethylene vertical tank standing 132 inches (11 feet) tall on a 120-inch (10-foot) square footprint. The black resin and 1.9 specific gravity rating put it in heavy-duty territory, meaning it is built to hold dense contents, not just water, and the black wall blocks light to suppress algae growth in stored water. If you are searching for a large black vertical storage tank that can anchor a fire-water reserve, an irrigation supply, or an industrial process-water train, this is the size and build that does it.
Will it work for your site
Capacity is 6,000 gallons in a vertical storage tank format measuring 132 inches high by a 120 x 120 inch footprint. The two numbers that drive your pad and anchoring design are in the sizing data: filled with water the tank and contents weigh 50,040 pounds, and the maximum rated contents weight is 95,076 pounds at the tank's 1.9 specific gravity rating. That spread is the point of a heavy-duty shell: the 1.9 rating gives you roughly 45,000 pounds of contents-weight headroom above plain water, which is what lets the same vessel hold brine, liquid fertilizer, or other dense liquids rather than water alone. Engineer the foundation to the heavier 95,076-pound figure, not the water weight, and lay out the 10-foot square footprint with clearance for fittings and access before you pour. The Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide help you confirm 6,000 gallons matches your draw-down and refill cycle; the concrete pad sizing guide (ACI 360R-10) walks the pad-versus-slab boundary for a tank this heavy; and the freeboard sizing guide (ASTM D1998) covers thermal-expansion and freeboard headroom when you store a liquid denser than water.
Common uses and the mistake to avoid
At this size the tank fits rural fire-water reservoirs, irrigation and ag water storage, and industrial water-reuse setups. The single most common mistake is sizing the foundation to the water weight instead of the rated contents weight. Engineer a pad for 50,040 pounds, then fill with a denser liquid up toward the 95,076-pound rating, and you overload the slab. Build to the 1.9 rating. If you are designing a rural or remote fire reserve, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection, and the industrial water-reuse topology guide shows how a tank this size fits a grey-water, rainwater, or condensate aggregation train.
Fittings and freight
Fitting and port configuration is quoted per order — call 866-418-1777 to confirm fill, outlet, vent, and manway sizes before you finalize plumbing, and see the technical drawing on this page for reference. This is an LTL freight item, quoted live to your ZIP. It ships from the nearest Snyder Industries plant, either Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV, and those two origins span roughly 1,000 miles east to west: buyers in the Plains and Mountain West are typically served from Lincoln, while East Coast addresses route from Philippi, which materially changes the LTL leg on an 11-foot-tall freight item. Get an exact number from the Freight Cost Estimator before you order, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it and walk you through offload requirements — at 132 inches and 6,000 gallons, plan crane or forklift reach and overhead clearance against that real height. Listed at the price shown above, before freight.
