The Shire of Narrogin, located 190 kilometres southeast of Perth in Western Australia, is the recipient of the first Broons eCombi Roller (pictured) with a hydraulic drawbar, enabling the roller to work right to the edge while keeping the grader up on the pavement and away from soft shoulders and overhanging trees and bushes.
Council Works Manager, Gary Rasmussen, said they would use the roller mainly for maintenance grading. 
"The offset drawbar will be very useful when they are grading the shoulders on gravel roads in the district,” he said.
Broons' eCombi Rollers can be configured to suit individual needs; either 1400, 1500 or 1600 static steel roll drum or optional vibrating roll drum; independently rotating smooth tread compactor tyres; or a fixed axle with smooth tread compactor tyres incorporating an approved disc brake assembly on either side for added safety. Now it can also be ordered with the hydraulic offset draw bar.
The eCombi has a compaction width of two metres on the roll drum and slightly wider on the tyres. The standard roll drum is 25mm thick, though it can be optioned with 36mm thickness and ballasted with water to increase weight and compaction pressure. Fully ballasted, the operating weight of the Broons eCombi Roller is around eight tonnes. The static linear load of the standard model 1400mm smooth-steel roll drum is close to 35kg/cm or 900kg/tyre when ballasted.