The Snyder Industries 9800 Gallon Heavy Duty Vertical Storage Tank is built for serious bulk water storage on farms, fire-water reservoirs, rural homesteads, and industrial reuse trains. Molded in natural white polyethylene with a 1.9 specific gravity rating, this is one of the largest single vertical storage tanks you can stage on a pad, holding 9,800 gallons in a 120-inch by 120-inch footprint that stands 215 inches tall. The natural white wall lets you read your liquid level at a glance without opening the lid.
Will this vertical storage tank work for your site?
Start with the weight math, because a vessel this size is a structural decision, not just a volume decision. Filled with water it carries roughly 81,732 pounds, about 41 tons; at its full 1.9 specific gravity rating it is engineered for contents up to 155,291 pounds, nearly 78 tons. That high SG rating means the wall thickness is sized for dense liquids, so the same tank that gives you generous structural margin on plain water is also ready to step up to heavier service, brines, fertilizers, or other liquids up to roughly 1.9 specific gravity, once you confirm chemical compatibility for your application. The 120 x 120-inch footprint and 215-inch height, nearly 18 feet, are the numbers your pad, plumbing, and access have to accommodate.
Pad, access, and fittings
This tank lives or dies on its base. A flat, fully supporting, level pad sized for the rated load is mandatory; point loads or a soft perimeter edge will stress the lower wall. Our concrete pad sizing guide walks through the ACI 360R-10 framework for above-ground polyethylene tanks of this scale. Before you pour a foundation or order plumbing, check the technical drawing on this page: outlet, bulkhead fitting, and gasket selection are not published here, so confirm fitting locations and materials from the drawing or your quote rather than assuming a configuration. At 215 inches, also verify overhead clearance, gate or doorway width, and crane or forklift reach against the height before the truck arrives.
Matching the tank to your service
If you are sizing for fire protection, our fire-water reservoir design guide covers NFPA 22 sizing and cold-climate freeze protection; for grey-water, rainwater, or HVAC condensate aggregation, see our industrial water reuse topology guide. If your service involves dense or regulated liquids that call for secondary containment, the Snyder Captor double-wall freeboard guide walks through the double-wall path and ASTM D1998 freeboard sizing. The common error on a tank this large is under-building the foundation or assuming a partial ring will do, so size the pad for the rated load, not the empty weight. Use our Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide to confirm this vertical tank matches your draw-down and refill cycle before you commit to a 9,800-gallon vessel.
This tank ships LTL freight from Snyder's plant in Lincoln, NE, with the rate quoted live to your ZIP. Get your number from the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777, and confirm offload equipment when you book: a white vertical storage tank this tall ships empty but still needs a crane or forklift to set in place and cannot be hand-rolled off a flatbed. Plan your unloading before the truck arrives.
