The Snyder Industries 6000 Gallon Vertical Water Storage Tank is a white polyethylene tank built for large-volume water storage, sized as a 102-inch-diameter cylinder standing 188 inches tall. It seats within a square 102 x 102 inch footprint, so plan your pad and clearance to that envelope. Snyder rates this tank at a 1.0 specific gravity, which means it is engineered for water and water-equivalent fluids at full capacity. At 6,000 gallons of water it holds roughly 50,040 pounds of contents, and that 50,040 lb is the maximum rated contents weight for this tank: it is not rated for any fluid denser than water, so do not fill it with anything carrying a specific gravity above 1.0.
Will this tank work for your site?
This is a water storage tank, not a chemical tank. The 1.0 specific gravity rating matches water-density fluids at full fill, including rainwater, fire-reserve water, and process or reuse water. The two numbers that decide your install are the footprint and the standing weight: a 102-inch round base carrying 50,040 pounds of full water weight. Overall installed height starts at 188 inches and will increase with any top fittings or vent, so confirm your diameter clearance and your true overhead stack height before you commit the location. If you are still choosing a size, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide walk you through matching gallons to draw rate and refill cycle. Fitting and gasket configuration is not specified in our data for this SKU, so verify outlet size, manifold layout, and gasket material against the technical drawing on this page, or call 866-418-1777, before you order any plumbing.
The pad is the part people get wrong
A 6,000-gallon tank concentrates more than 25 tons on a 102-inch circle when full, and the most common mistake on a tank this size is under-building the foundation. A flat, fully supporting, level pad is not optional at this weight. Our Concrete Pad Sizing for Above-Ground Polyethylene Tanks guide lays out the ACI 360R-10 framework and where the ACI 318 boundary falls. On first fill, follow a controlled water-fill procedure and watch for pad settlement and fitting leaks before the tank goes into service; the Hydrostatic Test Methodology for New-Install Tank Acceptance guide covers the fill discipline and hold-time math.
Fire reserve and water reuse service
At this volume the tank is a strong fit for rural and remote fire-water reservoirs and for industrial water-reuse trains. If you are sizing for private fire protection, the Fire-Water Reservoir Tank Design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate sites. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, the Industrial Water Reuse Tank Topology guide explains quality-banded storage trains and treatment-stage sequencing.
Freight
This vertical storage tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder Industries plant in Philippi, WV, and freight is quoted live to your ZIP code. It ships empty, so the freight load is just the polyethylene shell, a few hundred pounds, not the 50,040 lb full-water figure; the offload concern here is dimensional, not tonnage, because a 6,000-gallon tank is an oversized load. Get a real number for your delivery address with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 to talk through delivery, offload, and access for a tank this size. Confirm you have the equipment or a forklift to receive an oversized tank before it leaves the dock.
