The Snyder Industries 7500 Gallon Vertical Liquid Storage Tank is a white HDPE vertical storage tank built and shipped from Snyder's Lincoln, Nebraska plant, carrying a 1.9 specific gravity rating that puts it at the heavy-duty end of polyethylene water and liquid storage. It stands 234 inches tall on a 102 x 102 inch footprint, and at full water it holds roughly 62,550 pounds of liquid - the kind of load that drives where you set the pad and how you plan the lift. This page answers the three things that matter before you commit: whether this vertical tank fits your job, how it ships, and the one detail on this specific tank that buyers get wrong.
Does this tank work for your application?
At 7,500 gallons in a single vertical footprint of 102 x 102 inches, this is bulk storage for fresh water, fire-water reserve, process water, and similar liquids that suit a polyethylene tank. The 1.9 specific gravity rating is the number to watch: the wall is engineered for contents up to 1.9 times the density of water - roughly 15.8 pounds per gallon - so the maximum rated contents weight is 118,845 pounds, far above the 62,550 pounds of plain water. That weight envelope covers everything from fresh water up through dense brines and heavy solutions (weight only - chemical suitability is a separate question quoted on its own). Remember that nameplate gallons are not drawdown gallons: outlet elevation, freeboard, and fitting placement all reduce the usable volume below 7,500. Run your real working volume with the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide, and the Snyder freeboard sizing guide walks through the freeboard math per ASTM D1998 so you size to the volume you can actually use.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this tank is configured with a flange, an 18-inch PE threaded and vented fitting, a manway with 15-inch access, a 12 x 23-inch fitting, and a flat fitting area. Map your plumbing to those points before you quote pipe: the 18-inch vented fitting is your top fill and breather, the flange is the likely discharge or outlet connection, the 12 x 23-inch fitting gives you a larger penetration, and the molded flat is a field-fit pad for adding a bulkhead where you need one. The manway with 15-inch access governs interior reach for inspection and cleaning, so factor that into your maintenance routine. Verify every dimension and elevation against the technical drawing on this page before you cut pipe or set the tank.
The mistake to avoid
The trap on a 234-inch-tall, 7,500-gallon vertical HDPE tank is treating the wall as uniform. Polyethylene wall thickness is greatest at the base and tapers toward the top, and the vapor-saturated headspace above the liquid line is where premature failures tend to originate - which is exactly why ASTM D1998 sizing logic matters on a tank this tall. The 18-inch vented fitting is the physical defense for that zone: proper venting protects the vapor-space wall, and an undersized or blocked vent on a 234-inch liquid column accelerates the very headspace failure to plan against. Our guide on HDPE tank wall thickness at the vapor-saturated headspace walks through why liquid-side inspection misses these zones. If this is fire-water duty, the fire-water reservoir tank design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and freeze protection. And size the foundation to worst case, not water: at the full 1.9 SG rating the pad carries up to 118,845 pounds, so use the concrete pad sizing guide and its ACI 360R-10 framework to design for the rated load.
This vertical storage tank ships LTL from the Lincoln, Nebraska plant, with freight quoted live to your ZIP - get a number in seconds with the Freight Cost Estimator or call us at 866-418-1777 to plan the delivery and offload of a tank this size. We will help you confirm fittings, pad requirements, and the right rigging for a 234-inch vertical before it leaves Nebraska.
