talk2cpu,
The floor in your Passport is not constructed like the floor in the OP's Montana. In your trailer, there are two sheets of thin luan with a bonded foam panel "sandwiched" between them. That panel is used to eliminate some of the weight of a "solid wood floor decking". The luan will "flex and bend" as you walk on it. In some places this is very easy to notice, in other places, it may not even be possible to detect.
The OP's floor is a single span 5/8" Dynaspan (wood component) deck. There is no "sandwich" floor in his Montana. The Dynaspan is supported on floor joists that sit on the trailer frame. Depending on where the joists are attached to the frame and to the floor, there may be some "give" that is designed into the floor and there could also be some "loose or broken" components that are allowing the floor to flex more than it should.
Although there are some similarities between the sandwiched light weight trailer floor and the old fashioned heavier conventional floor, they behave quite differently when in use. There's quite a few years of reliable use with the sandwich floor and it does save weight, but it doesn't "walk the same" as the older technology "solid floor".
To the OP, if you're concerned with "soft spots" on your floor, you might want to do some comparisons by walking in several "similar model trailers" on dealer lots. That would give you something to reflect as to whether your trailer floor 'feels the same" or "feels different" than other "same trailer models". Armed with that information, you can make a decision on how to proceed. If I were you, I wouldn't want the dealer (no matter how great their service department might be) tearing into the framework and structure of the trailer "just to see if something's not right"...
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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