The Snyder Industries 6000 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a full-size stationary bulk vessel for water and liquid storage, molded in white High Density Linear Polyethylene with an 18" lid and no factory fittings installed. At 120" diameter and 132" tall on a 120.0" round footprint, it holds 6,000 gallons in a single vertical column, and this configuration ships as a blank tank so you can locate and cut bulkhead fittings exactly where your plumbing run needs them.
Will it work for your site?
This tank carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, so the wall is built to hold liquids nearly twice as dense as water. Empty, it weighs 1,155 lb. Filled with water it carries 50,040 lb of contents, and the wall is rated to a maximum contents weight of 95,076 lb at that 1.9 SG ceiling. Confirm your pad is engineered concrete, level, and sized for the full 120" diameter plus the loaded weight before you set it. Maximum service temperature is 120 F (48 C). The bottom is flat, not coned, and no factory outlet is installed, so plan full drainage around a side bulkhead near the base with a slight pad slope, or specify a bottom fitting. Snyder specification references 2282 and 2285 apply; see the technical drawing on this page for the tank profile, flat-bottom geometry, and lid position.
Sizing and fitting the blank tank
At 6,000 gallons this vertical is a common choice for rural fire-water reservoirs, agricultural water, and bulk process water. If you are still settling on volume and footprint, run your numbers through the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide. For private fire-protection storage, our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate sites. Because it ships with no fitting, set outlet, overflow, and vent locations against the 18" lid shown on the drawing, and match every bulkhead gasket to both the stored liquid and the HDLPE wall — EPDM, Viton, and Buna-N behave differently. Call 866-418-1777 for fitting selection since none arrive installed. Stepping down in size? Compare the 2000 gallon, 500 gallon, and 300 gallon vertical buyer's guides.
The mistake to avoid
Read the 1.9 SG rating for what it is: proof the wall can carry a dense liquid, not a green light to store any chemical. If your service is water-only, that 1.9 rating simply means generous wall margin above water's 1.0 — but the correct reason to pick this heavy-duty unit is if a denser liquid is ever in the plan. Chemical service depends on resin and gasket compatibility, and this unit ships as an HDLPE water/liquid tank with no fittings. If anything beyond water is on the table, verify compatibility before ordering and specify your fittings and gaskets deliberately.
This tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest Snyder plant among its Arkansas, California, West Virginia, and Lincoln, Nebraska molding locations. Get a freight number now with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to confirm lead time, fitting options, and delivery for the 6000 gallon vertical.
