Mechanical pipe squeezers and related methods

A method for squeezing a pipe using a mechanical pipe squeezer, the mechanical pipe squeezer comprising:

• an elongated primary arm having a side surface extending between a first end and an opposing second end;
• a threaded passage disposed at the first end of the primary arm;
• a secondary arm having a side surface extending between a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the secondary arm being pivotably coupled to the primary arm at a location between the first end where the threaded passage is disposed and the second end of the primary arm;
• a threaded shaft having a first end and an opposing second end and being threadedly received within the threaded passage, the second end of the threaded shaft being rotatably coupled to the secondary arm so that rotation of the threaded shaft causes the second end of the secondary arm to either pivot outward away from the primary arm to an open position or toward the primary arm to a closed position, depending on a direction of rotation;
• a first compression member disposed at the second end of the primary arm;
• and
• a second compression member disposed at the second end of the secondary arm;
• the method comprising:
• moving the mechanical pipe squeezer so that the first compression member and the second compression member are disposed on opposing sides of a pipe;
• and
• rotating the first end of the threaded shaft so that the secondary arm pivots toward the primary arm and the pipe is squeezed between the first compression member and the second compression member.