At various times, I have fabbed up a set of forks and a snowplow that mounted to the loader arms. While both worked fairly well, neither was entirely satisfactory, and they were separate designs each with it's own mounting system. Thus, it required a fair bit of work to switch from one to the other. Also, after having used them, I had ideas about how to improve both, and mount either to a common subframe that attached to the loader arms, similar to the system used on skidsteers.

The subframe is built of 1/4" x 4" mild steel flatstock, with a reinforcing bar on the top spreader. This was necessary as the top spreader will be the third point of attachment for the plow blade and will do the bulk of the lifting.

There are slots in the center of the top and bottom spreaders. This allows the lower brackets for the snowplow (shown in the lower pictures) and the forks to be placed over the spreaders in the center and then slid to either side.

Here is the system with the forks installed. The width can be adjusted simply by sliding the forks closer or further apart as necessary.

The plow is an 8 foot Fisher that was being discarded at the factory where I worked at the time. I cut 18" off either side of the plow and trip foot.

I cut down the original A-frame. It pins to the lower brackets, the third point (normally used to lift the plow) is chained to a hook installed on the upper spreader as part of putting the plow on. The plow is lifted with the loader hydraulics which lift the whole plow.

The plow can be set in the straight ahead, angled right or angled left position by "dogbones" that are pinned in place of the hydraulic rams that would normally serve that function. I wasn't able to scrounge the cylinders that came with the plow, and the process of shortening the A frame to pull the plow in closer to the loader arms would have prevented their fitting anyway. All pins are chained to the plow to avoid losing them.

With the plow on the front and the snowblower on the back, I can deal with pretty much anything Mother Nature throws at me, snow-wise. Now I just need to do something about a cab and a heater...