The Snyder Industries 9500 Gallon Vertical Storage Tank is a large-format black vertical storage tank molded from crosslinked linear polyethylene (XLPE) and rated to a 1.9 specific gravity. That pairing of size and rating puts it where farmers, municipalities, fire-protection contractors, and industrial users need a single vertical tank that holds serious volume and carries dense contents without stepping up to steel. It stands 215 inches tall on a 120 by 120 inch footprint, so plan the site and the pad before you order.
Will it work for your job
At 9,500 gallons of nominal capacity, a full load of plain water weighs about 79,230 pounds. Because the shell is rated to a 1.9 specific gravity, its maximum rated contents weight is roughly 150,537 pounds — that headroom is what lets it hold liquids heavier than water where a standard-HDPE water tank would already be maxed out or force a heavier step-up. Confirm your actual fill weight against those numbers, and remember nominal gallons are not all usable draw: vented-fill freeboard plus the manway and fitting placements reduce the working volume. Use the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide to match usable volume to your draw schedule, and read the Snyder freeboard sizing guide to plan real fill weight against thermal expansion.
Fittings and access
Per the technical drawing on this page, this vertical tank is configured with a flange, an 18 inch PE threaded and vented fitting, a manway with 15 inch access, and two 12 by 24 inch fittings, one of them a flat mount. The vented threaded fitting and the manway matter on a tank this tall: adequate venting protects the shell during rapid fill and draw, and the 15 inch manway access is how you inspect and clean the interior. Source flange gaskets and bulkhead or threaded fittings sized to those exact outlets, and spec your plumbing and any level instrumentation to the flat-mount versus standard 12 by 24 orientation before install — verify each outlet size and position against the drawing so everything lands where you expect.
The XLPE decision and the pad
This is a crosslinked (XLPE) shell, not standard HDPE. Crosslinking builds impact and stress-crack resistance into the wall, which is why it carries the higher 1.9 SG rating and suits demanding storage duty. The common mistake is treating XLPE and HDPE as interchangeable, or ignoring the SG rating and filling past what the wall is built to carry. If you are weighing the two resins, read Snyder XLPE vs HDPE. Engineer the pad for the full-load footprint pressure — up to 150,537 pounds spread over a 120 by 120 inch (100 square foot) base — using our concrete pad sizing framework. For fire-water and rural reservoir use, the fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing discipline and freeze protection.
This tank ships LTL from the Snyder plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, and freight is quoted live to your ZIP based on destination and delivery access. On a 215 inch tall, 9,500 gallon tank, confirm overhead clearance at the site and crane or forklift offload at the delivery point before you order. Get a number with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777 to confirm capacity, fitting layout, and offload requirements for a tank this size.
