The Snyder Industries 8900 gallon black vertical storage tank is the single-vessel bulk storage you spec when a 5,000 or 6,500 gallon tank no longer keeps up - 8,900 gallons of usable capacity in one polyethylene tank standing 194 inches tall on a 120-inch round footprint. Black resin blocks light to suppress algae growth in stored water, and the 1.5 specific gravity rating gives real headroom for liquids heavier than water. This is a Snyder vertical tank, a black tank built for long-term aboveground bulk water storage where one large vessel beats a manifolded bank of smaller ones.
Will it work for your site
The specs are concrete: 8,900 gallons, 194 inches (16.2 ft) tall, 120 inches (10 ft) in diameter, molded in polyethylene and rated to 1.5 specific gravity. Use that envelope as your site-clearance check now - 10 ft of round footprint and just over 16 ft of overhead reach govern doorway, crane, and overhead-obstruction access. The SG rating matters because the tank does not just have to hold the volume, it has to carry the weight. Filled with water (SG 1.0), this tank holds roughly 74,226 pounds of contents. At the full 1.5 SG it is rated for, maximum rated contents weight climbs to about 111,339 pounds. Those numbers drive your foundation. A vessel this size needs an engineered, level, full-diameter pad sized for the loaded condition - see the concrete pad sizing guide for the ACI 360R-10 framework and where the ACI 318 boundary begins. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide to confirm 8,900 gallons is the right step for your draw and refill cycle.
Where this tank earns its size
At this capacity, the tank works as the storage core for bulk water programs: rural and remote fire-water reserves, industrial water reuse trains, and large-volume process or irrigation supply. If you are sizing a private fire-protection reservoir, the fire-water reservoir design guide walks through NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection for cold-climate service. For grey-water, rainwater, and HVAC condensate aggregation, the industrial water reuse topology guide covers quality-banded storage trains and treatment-stage sequencing. Refer to the technical drawing on this page for the fitting layout, and confirm your inlet, outlet, and overflow connections against your piping plan before you set the tank. If you intend to use the 1.5 SG headroom for a liquid heavier than water, remember the polyethylene wall rating alone does not make a connection compatible - bulkhead fittings and gaskets must be selected for the specific liquid and density.
The mistake to avoid
The 1.5 specific gravity rating is the number people misread on a tank this large. It is not a green light to store anything - it is the maximum density the tank wall is built to carry. Stay at or below 1.5 SG for your stored liquid, and remember that loaded weight, not the empty tank, governs everything from the pad to the anchorage. Underbuild the foundation for the full 111,339-pound rated condition and you create a settlement and stress problem no tank warranty covers. There is a second case people skip: a 16.2 ft tall, 10 ft diameter poly tank is a wind and overturning concern when empty or only partially full, so engineer the hold-down for the light-and-windy case as well as the loaded pad. Size the pad and the soil bearing for the worst-case loaded weight, and size the anchorage for the empty one.
This tank ships LTL from the Snyder plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, with freight quoted live to your ZIP - get your number with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777. A vessel this size is an oversize LTL load, so confirm delivery access, offload equipment, and a prepared pad are ready before it arrives. Questions on fittings, foundation, or scheduling the haul - the team can walk you through it at 866-418-1777.
