Yes, we had a 3rd + of our old 80x125 barn collapse from snow. I listened to alternative ideas and this and that about the repair or using the part still standing.
This barn is old, the posts are not the best now, but with all the stalls and related wood, I'm not sure if the insurance claim would get a new building, but would have gone a long ways towards it.
We demolished the fallen part of the roof back to good trusses, beefed up the frame a bit, new posts in that section, then set a dozen or so common 50' trusses, installed a whole bunch of perlins then the tin. With some extra hired help it was under 15k if I recall.
We had 4' on center trusses, I will never work with that spacing again period!
I won't ever entertain a thought of doing this work the way we had to do it in the winter again either. Miserable work all of it when bitter cold outside.
Truss repair, I know a little about it, from the days of working for a lumber yard with a truss plant. I have repaired in-tact trusses, and or reinforced same.
You would have to post some photos so we could see what you have. 2 contractors walking away means they don't want to do repair work is all. That does not mean it cannot be done, but you had better strongly consider the existing ones and their condition. This is dangerous work at minimum and you need to determine what parts of each truss is compromised, even what you do not see... hint, demo the damaged ones, repair the structure they bear on and set new trusses of the same type and spacing.
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