The Snyder Industries 8900 Gallon Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is built for bulk water and high-solids water service where you need real volume in a single vessel. Molded from polyethylene in natural white with a 1.9 specific gravity rating, this is a heavy-duty vertical storage tank engineered with a substantial structural safety margin. It stands 194 inches tall on a 120 x 120 inch footprint and holds 8,900 gallons in a cylindrical vertical configuration. If you are scoping a vertical storage tank for site water, process supply, reserve capacity, or quality-banded reuse storage, this is a large single-vessel option.
Will it work for your site?
Full of water, this tank carries roughly 74,226 pounds of contents; at its full 1.9 specific gravity rating it is engineered for a contents weight up to 141,029 pounds. For ordinary water that 1.9 rating is pure safety-factor headroom, and it gives you margin for high-solids or slurry water service where the liquid runs heavier than clean water. The first number to check is your liquid's actual specific gravity: as long as it sits at or below 1.9, this tank stays within spec. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide to match this 8,900 gallon capacity to your real draw and refill cycle, and review the technical drawing on this page for wall configuration, fitting locations, and overall geometry before you finalize the plumbing.
Foundation and footprint
A storage tank this size lives or dies on its pad. With a 120 x 120 inch footprint and a fully loaded weight measured in the tens of thousands of pounds, this vertical needs a level, properly engineered concrete foundation rated for the full contents load. Our guide on concrete pad sizing for above-ground polyethylene tanks walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework and where the ACI 318 boundary applies, so your slab is sized for the real load rather than a guess. If this tank is headed for fire-water reserve or industrial water reuse duty, our fire-water reservoir tank design guide and industrial water reuse tank topology guide cover how a vertical bulk storage tank fits into those systems.
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on a vertical of this scale is committing the foundation and plumbing before confirming the details. Verify your liquid's specific gravity sits at or below the 1.9 rating, since exceeding it shortens tank life no matter how much the tank visibly holds. Confirm fitting and outlet placement before you plumb the site, and call us at 866-418-1777 if you need those locations verified for your configuration. Plan the slab and the connections around the tank's real geometry, not the other way around.
This 8,900 gallon vertical ships LTL freight, quoted live to your ZIP from the nearest Snyder Industries plant in Lincoln, Nebraska. Because of its size and weight, get an accurate number before you order using our Freight Cost Estimator, or call us at 866-418-1777 to coordinate delivery and offloading for a tank of this scale. Freight is quoted separately and is not included in the list price.
