Eco tourer

Do you have an 'Off Highway' model? When we had our 2008 Off Highway we had no trouble with the folding draw bar or the rest of the Eco. Having said that we broke a few leaf springs. They were the original 'short' springs, which were very hard to source. Caravan Court had to get some specially made. Depending on your model I would check out your type of suspension and decide if you need to carry spares.
FYI our biggest 'off highway' trip was from Cape Byron to Steep Point via Birdsville, Alice Springs Marble Bar etc. Quite a number of shorter off the seal as well.

Before you pull the trigger on buying an Eco Tourer, have a real world look at the ball weight on them.

They were on our shortlist, but the ball weight was a deal breaker for us.

Not many people seem to realise that ball weight is probably more important that the total weight that you're towing. Too much ball weight will stuff you up real quick.

Re the drawbar; we saw one at Birdsville a few years ago, so they seem to cope with dirt roads just fine.

We looked at the ET but decided it was very heavy and not really for serious off roading. As with most of the off road versions", it seems they are meant for well graded gravel roads, not say the Plenty Highway. We found Ellis Recreational Vehicles to be built to go where the Troopy can. Paul and Cass Ellis are up just north of Brisbane and he will build whatever you want.