The Snyder Industries 6200 Gallon Black Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is a 6,200-gallon polyethylene vertical built for serious bulk water storage where a smaller tank would mean constant refills or a battery of tanks fighting for pad space. It stands 140 inches tall on a 120 x 120-inch footprint and carries a 1.9 specific gravity rating, the heavy-duty rating that earns this tank its name. If you are searching for a large black vertical storage tank from Snyder to anchor a fire-water reservoir, an irrigation supply, or an industrial water reuse train, this is that tank.
Will it work for your site?
Run the numbers before you pour a pad. Filled with plain water, this tank holds 51,708 pounds of contents; at its full 1.9 specific gravity rating the structure is engineered to carry up to 98,245 pounds of contents. That gap matters: the 1.9 rating means the wall thickness is sized for dense liquids, so even though you are storing water today, the tank carries real headroom if your service liquid is ever changed to something denser. What the rating does not do is change the footprint your foundation has to support. Plan your concrete pad around the 120 x 120-inch base and the loaded weight, not the empty shell. For a fire-water reservoir, walk the capacity against your required duration using our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide, and read our guide on fire-water reservoir tank design and NFPA 22 sizing discipline; for cold-climate sites, that same guide covers the freeze-protection engineering a standing water column this large needs through winter.
Sizing the foundation
A vertical this size lives or dies on its foundation. With more than 25 tons of water bearing down on a 10-foot-square base, the pad has to be flat, level, and continuously supported edge to edge. Here is the decision rule that trips people up: pour for 51,708 pounds if this tank will only ever hold water, but pour for the full 98,245-pound rated contents weight (roughly 49 tons) if you intend to store anything denser. Our walkthrough on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks covers the ACI 360R-10 framework so you size and reinforce the slab correctly the first time. Confirm the exact fitting and outlet configuration on the technical drawing on this page before you trench the supply and discharge lines.
The mistake to avoid
The common error on a heavy-duty vertical is treating the 1.9 specific gravity rating as a free upgrade and forgetting it is a structural number, not a foundation number. The tank is rated to hold contents far heavier than water, but that loaded weight still has to land on a pad that can take it. Match your foundation to the rated contents weight that matches your service, and do not assume the slab under your old tank is sized for this one. If you are aggregating grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate into a banded storage train, our guide on industrial water reuse tank topology shows how to sequence quality-banded storage so a tank this size pulls its weight in the system.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Marked Tree, Arkansas, quoted live to your ZIP. Get your freight quote in seconds with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 and we will work the freight and the fitting layout with you before you order.
