Dynamite72

Bradley Boyce  2018 Journey Crossroad 
Whitenoise

thanks for your input! the light bar is Bue strobe for volunteer fire service. I will be having add ons done to the light package with multiple strobes installed in numerous locations of the vehicle. I have a 2" hitch being installed next week so I can go pick up a pop up camper (1400 lbs) I bought for our family camping trips this summer. also adding a roof top cargo rack with fishing rod mounts for gear of many kinds for work, fire and life in general. may also be doing a wheel swap out to 18 inch TUFF wheels and BF Goodrich all terrain tires. we'll see what works out in the near future.

thanks for your input! the light bar is Bue strobe for volunteer fire service. I will be having add ons done to the light package with multiple strobes installed in numerous locations of the vehicle. I have a 2" hitch being installed next week so I can go pick up a pop up camper (1400 lbs) I bought for our family camping trips this summer. also adding a roof top cargo rack with fishing rod mounts for gear of many kinds for work, fire and life in general. may also be doing a wheel swap out to 18 inch TUFF wheels and BF Goodrich all terrain tires. we'll see what works out in the near future.

Pretty much the general feeling about this car and towing summed up.
FCA Says don't do it, but there are people who've done it and it's not been an issue towing boats or trailers with their 2011+ v6's, especially with Aftermarket brake controllers.

The general consensus is that somewhere between 2010 and 2011, FCA nurfed the towing capacity from 3500 to 2500 probably due to some warrenty claim %. 
 
Although, there could be legitimate safety issues with towing more than 2500lbs; (the 2011's had undersized brakes, which was an issue resolved in 2013+) maybe it's as simple as  Chrysler's old criteria for braking power was sufficient for  3500lbs, whereas the (newly merged) FCA's standards of braking distance and heat dissipation in the mountains might not have been met- so instead of an expensive engineering solution, they just dropped the towing rating in the user manual costing $0 to implement, and sweeping the issue under the rug once and for all. Rest assured, some bean-counter in Auburn Hills made a big bonus check on that decision.

Digressing more; You could argue that marketing wanted to 'nurf' the Journey to push Jeep sales. [conspiracy music ]

The V6 Dodge Journey is the Chrysler Pentastar engine, which is used in the Jeep Cherokee and in the Dodge Durango as well in slightly different versions but only minor differences is in HP, albeit with different transmissions. The Cherokee comes with a version for towing up to 7200 lbs, which includes among other things extra cooling and special shocks for the rear wheels. However, the regular towing specs are up to 4000 lbs, and I see no reason why the V6 Dodge Journey should not be able to pull 4000 lbs as well. The Uhaul hitch install services installs a 4000 hitch standard for the Dodge Journey V6, which I had done recently.

From your image of a cold climate, this is probably this is old news for you, but:
AWD, Snow tires will aid in your 'line of work', if by that you mean commuting around on un-plowed roads rural New York.
 
I've added a 2" hitch to mine. Specifically, it's for a bike rack, but It's nice to be pulled/pull others out of snowbanks by a real hard-point on the frame as opposed to the little tow-hook. It 'Won't' tow over the 2500 lbs limit, but who will stop you! (That's joke, because if you tow overweight, and the brakes fail, Who will stop you?)

Looks like you have an emergency light bar on the roof? depending on what your occupation is, maybe additional light strobes on the rear near the license plate/ under the grille in the front would both look cool and provide additional safety.