The Snyder Industries 6500 Gallon Vertical Storage Tank is a black polyethylene vertical tank built to an ASTM 1.4 specific-gravity rating, sized for large-volume bulk water, rainwater, and reservoir storage where a single upright footprint has to hold a lot of liquid. It stands 153 inches tall on a 120 x 120 inch footprint, giving you a square 10-foot pad requirement and roughly 12.75 feet of vertical clearance to plan around. The black exterior blocks light to discourage algae growth, which makes this vertical storage tank a practical choice for long-term water reservoirs, fire-water supply, and industrial water reuse holding.
Will it work for your site?
At 6,500 gallons, plan your structural support around real loaded weight, not just the gallon count. Filled with plain water this tank carries about 54,210 lbs, and its 1.4 SG rating allows contents up to roughly 75,894 lbs at maximum rated density. That load lands on the full 120 x 120 inch footprint, so the pad underneath has to be engineered for it. Before you pour, walk through our concrete pad sizing framework and confirm your target volume with the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide. The 1.4 SG rating means the shell is engineered for denser-than-water contents up to that 75,894 lb rated load, which is extra structural margin over a standard 1.0 SG water tank.
Sizing and configuration notes
Fitting and outlet layout is confirmed at quote and order time for this specific model, so finalize your plumbing plan against the confirmed configuration rather than assuming a standard port arrangement. If you are staging this as a rural fire-water reservoir, our guide on NFPA 22 reservoir sizing and cold-climate freeze protection walks through the discipline for exactly this kind of large upright storage. For grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate aggregation, our industrial water reuse tank topology guide covers how a bulk vertical tank like this fits into a quality-banded storage train.
The mistake to avoid
The most common miss on a tank this size is treating the pad and the crane pick as afterthoughts. A 153-inch-tall tank on a square 120-inch base becomes a nearly 38-ton static load when filled to its 1.4 SG rating. Size the foundation for the maximum rated contents weight, verify the pad is dead level before filling, and account for the full height plus fittings when planning overhead clearance and access.
This vertical storage tank ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest Snyder plant. It stocks from two origins, Lincoln, NE and Philippi, WV, so eastern ZIPs often draw the Philippi, WV plant and materially change your delivered freight versus a Nebraska origin. Get a real number for your delivery point with our Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote it by phone. Freight is quoted separately from the tank list price.
