The Snyder Industries 6200 gallon vertical storage tank is a black, ASTM XLPE (crosslinked linear polyethylene) tank rated to 1.9 specific gravity and standing 140 inches tall on a 120 x 120 inch footprint. It is a heavy-duty vertical storage tank built for high-density liquids and long service life, and this page tells you exactly how it performs, how it ships, and the one sizing detail that trips up most buyers.
Will it work for your liquid?
The tank body is crosslinked polyethylene, which gives it a stiffer, more impact- and stress-crack-resistant wall than standard HDPE — the practical difference is covered in our guide on Snyder XLPE vs HDPE. It carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, which is Snyder's heaviest-duty structural rating for a vertical tank this size — you are not leaving structural capacity on the table by choosing it. Filled with plain water (SG 1.0), the contents weigh 51,708 lb; at its maximum rated contents the tank is engineered to carry 98,245 lb. Those numbers drive your pad and foundation far more than the tank's empty weight. If you will ever store near 1.9 SG, design the base to the 98,245 lb max-rated case, not the 51,708 lb water case — sizing to the water figure under-builds the foundation. See our concrete pad sizing framework before you pour, and if you are still confirming capacity for your draw and refill cycle, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide walk through it.
Fittings, access, and pad load
Per the technical drawing on this page, this vertical tank is configured with a flange, flat fitting pads (8 places at 45° typical) for outlet and plumbing placement, and an 18-inch PE threaded manway for interior access, filling, and inspection. The flat pads let you locate connections where your site needs them, so review the drawing to confirm fitting heights and orientations against your inlet, outlet, and vent plumbing before install. For pad design, the 120 x 120 inch footprint spreads the max-rated 98,245 lb over roughly 14,400 square inches — on the order of 6.8 lb/in² at full 1.9-SG load — which is the bearing number your ACI pad detail needs to act on. If you need secondary containment or freeboard math for that stored volume, our Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard guide covers it.
The mistake to avoid
Do not read the 1.9 SG rating as permission to fill it with anything. The rating tells you the tank can structurally carry a dense fluid; it says nothing about chemical compatibility of that fluid with crosslinked polyethylene, or with the hardware you mate to it. Compatibility has to hold for the liquid AND for the gasket and thread-sealant you run on the 18-inch PE threaded manway and the flanged outlet — that is where a structurally sound tank still leaks. This is a water and heavy-liquid storage tank; for any chemical service, verify the specific chemical, concentration, and temperature against Snyder's chemical-resistance data first. For high-volume applications like rural fire reserves, sizing discipline matters as much as the tank — our fire-water reservoir design guide covers freeboard and freeze protection for cold-climate service.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, quoted live to your ZIP. Get your rate in seconds with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will size, quote, and stage the order with you. Listed before freight — freight quoted to your ZIP.
