It's a tank, it holds water.....serves it's purpose. But expensive when you consider it's cost and shipping.

 

It looks cool. If you're not on a strict budget, then go for it. We are, so we buy used off of Craigs List.

 

It looks ok to me. I'd be checking on shipping prices. Make sure that where you intend to put it will support the load and you don't need to move it for any reason if its anywhere near full. I like the two valve heights.

 

What Charlie said. Full, that tank is going to weigh more than a ton. If you have the location and the materials, you might consider pouring a concrete pedestal for it, so as to get the bottom spigot high enough to easily use. Maybe 6" off the floor, something like that.

 

I checked with our local AG sprayer business.
They sell a 1750 gal. and a 3000 gal. FDA approved plastic for about .50/gal.
I believe that includes freight.
If you can find used food grade totes, it should be cheaper than that.
Two totes that are stacked will take a 4'X4' footprint and hold around 500 gal.

 

That price $284.95 is much less than I have seen elsewhere. What are the shipping charges? There is a 500 gallon version of the same thing.

I like how small the footprint is; much less than other water containers I have seen. I have several 55-gallon containers but just try stacking those! I would have to get five of them to match the volume of water, and think of how much space that takes up. If you have the money it seems like a good use of space.

 

I appreciate the input. Having a hard time finding anything used in my area. Funds happen to be pretty good right now. It will be going in lower level of bi-level house. I am very happy to see no one had negative input from previous dealings with this company. Thank you.

 

When I saw the comment about bi-level, I thought I would show you an alternative I did: Had a half closet under our stairs where they just closed it off during construction. I removed the wall, put two 35 gallon tanks under the stairs, filled them, and replaced the wall (which screws in place with dry wall screws). The second shot is with the closet back to normal.

 

I just bought a 700 gal cylindrical tank at my local farm store for $595 and that included the 2" brass gate valve and the hose fittings. I loaded it in the pickup and drove home.

Do you live where there are hardware/Farm/Ranch/Feed stores?

 

I'm looking at a similar solution to my water storage needs. I like this product; the only thing I would look at doing is either strapping it to a wall or post to prevent it from falling over.

I'm looking at this one and a 500 gallon variant; the 500 gal appears to be about $80 more (before shipping) and just 12" greater in diameter. But some plumbing would be involved.

 

Learning a lot from the members on this board. Just realized I will need to go with 2 150's so as to be able to get the tanks through the door. Can't believe I missed that, though I would have been willing to get my entrance way "stretcher" out if needed. I was only 4" shy.

 

Do the tanks have to be indoors?

All our water tanks are outdoors (1x 1250 gallon, 3x5000 gallon, no way these fit in the house...)

 

I have about $300 total in these two totes all set up. 550 gallons.

 

I bought my tank through this outfit. No complaints with quality, or customer service!
http://www.plastic-mart.com/?utm_nooverride=1&gclid=CP3JytiUhLECFekZQgod9DTJZA

 

You could buy five 55 gallon drums for less than $100. Would take up slightly more room, but to me, smaller tanks would be more versatile.

 

Would you please post the web address where you buy the drums at that price?

 

I guess you don't get freezing temperatures in Indiana? Or are you planning on filling it up and keeping it indoors?

 

Do you know how cold and for how long it would take several hundred gallons of water to freeze? Need to learn about thermal mass. If where you live it does get down to the negative digits for days at a time you can get solar pumps that circulate the water. Moving water is harder to freeze or submersible heaters that are used to keep livestock water troughs from freezing.

I have a 40 gallon rain barrel and it takes a temperature below 20f for more than 24 hours before any icing will occur. This is with the barrel exposed to the outside air. If I enclosed it with some kind of buffer to help keep the radiating heat from escaping as quickly who knows how long it could go. Imagine how long it would take with something that has 5 times that mass.

 

Thanks for posting this OP. Wish I'd seen it before spending all that money on 55 gal. barrels earlier in the week. Better late than never, though, so once I'm moved, I am going to pick up a few of these. I was wondering where I was going to put 35 barrels.

 

Just to follow up. I ordered a 250 gallon doorway tank for $330
http://www.plastic-mart.com/product/92/250-gallon-doorway-water-tank-42337
I will follow up further after some use. I know this isn't the cheapest route, but for me right now time is money, so it worked best. This model is designed 29" wide to fit through most interior household doorways