November’s here—time to measure up and start strong! Skip the usual “new month, new me” talk and grab a Diameter Tape Measure instead. These clever tools let you wrap around trees, pipes, or pumpkins and instantly read the diameter. Perfect for fall projects: check which tree needs pruning, size up firewood, or finally figure out if that giant squash will fit in the oven. Suddenly your to-do list feels precise, productive, and oddly satisfying. Who needs vague resolutions when you can start November by literally measuring progress? Grab a diameter tape, wrap it tight, and watch the month shape up nicely.
This Halloween, skip the plastic skeletons and grab a Lufkin Tape Measure—the real MVP of fright night. Need to size up the perfect pumpkin for carving? Extend that bright yellow blade and claim bragging rights for the biggest jack-o’-lantern on the block. Costume too long? Snap a quick measurement and trim the excess before the ghostly parade. With its tough case and smooth retract, this trusty tool laughs in the face of sticky caramel and fog machines. Lufkin makes every Halloween project dead accurate and wickedly fun.
Don’t worry! It won’t! (At least, not that we have heard)
A Lufkin Tape Measure is one tool that is found in even the most basic toolbox. Its friendly cousin, the diameter tape measure, is also a very handy tool to keep around, especially if you’re in need of measuring the diameter of a pipe.
While there are many options to choose from when it comes to selecting the best Diameter Tape Measure, rest assured we will make it easy for you and show you what (in our opinion) is the best one out there. What makes it the best?
There are 2 reasons the Lufkin Tape Measure is connected to the price of gasoline.
Some Lufkin Tape Measures are designed to measure the diameter of an oil pipeline. They are call Diameter Tapes. So in that respect, they are used extensively in the oil refinery and oil drilling industries. If the price of gasoline goes up, the production and drilling associated with that, increases the demand for tools used in the industry. More diameter tapes would be required, also.
Shipping costs. If the price of diesel goes up, the trucking companies that deliver products like Lufkin Tape Measures, will raise the shipping cost. That cost will increase the retail price of the tape measures.
So that’s how the price of gasoline is tied to the the price of the Lufkin Tape Measure.
This Diameter Tape Measure uses the ratio of circumference to diameter of a circle, which is pi, or 3.14. Hence the significance of today, 3/14 (March 14).
To celebrate the occasion, you can give your friends an apple “pie”, but there is a more appropriate gift. That’s the Lufkin diameter tape measure. It makes finding the diameter of a pipe, by wrapping it around the circumference.
The annual Groundhog’s Day tradition was celebrated again yesterday, with Punxsutawney Phil sadly seeing his shadow, which means 6 more weeks of winter. What will you do with your extra wintry days?
Plan a weekend ski getaway
Escape to the beach
Cozy up inside and order a Lufkin Tape Measure for each of your best customers W906PD Lufkin Diameter Tape, Inches
The first Wednesday in May is “National Skilled Trades Day “. This year it is today, May 7. What are the skilled trades? Basically, they are the trades that you would learn in a county trades school:
Carpentry
Electrical work
Construction
Painting
HVAC
Excavation
Medical Coding
Auto Mechanics
Chef
EMT
Nursing Aid
Boat Repair
Plumbing
If you know a student in one of these fields, consider giving them a Lufkin tape measure with your company logo.
We made it through the longest month ever (January, why do you always feel so long?), and now we have sailed through the shortest month of the year. Hello to you, March! You are the month that welcomes springtime! What is your favorite part about spring?
names associated with that brand. It appeared that there were some mergers and acquisitions that I didn’t understand. Are they owned by another company? When did this happen? Where are the tapes made?
So, today I did a Google search to try to make some sense out of the history of Lufkin tapes. The search was not easy, because there seems to be another company by the name Lufkin Industries, and another one called Lufkin Trailers.
So here are the facts, as I know them today, in November 2024…….
In 1967, Cooper bought the Lufkin company.
In 2010, Apex Tool Group, LLC bought Lufkin. Crescent is part of the Apex group.
2017. Crescent Tool acquired Lufkin. Crescent Tool is still part of the Apex Tool Group, LLC.
Now, in 2024, Wiss, Lufkin, Nicholson, H.K. Porter, and JOBOX are all brands of Crescent Tools.
The tapes that we all love, are branded “Crescent Lufkin” at this time.
Lufkin tapes used to be made in the USA. I know, because the gift box used to say that in 1991 when I started selling them. Today, according to my supplier, they are made in Mexico and China.
So, without being too wordy, that is the concise history of the Lufkin Tape Measure.
