Keeping that in mind lets go at it another way. Lets say it's 5000 yards of dirt to move. At 1/2 to 3/4 of a yard at a time that is going to be a lot of hours on the tractor plus a heck of a lot of wear and tear on the loader pins and bushings. A tractor is only going to last X number of hours. You try doing that with a smaller tractor and loader you are going to really shorten the overall life of the tractor. So you are looking at getting the tractor, moving the dirt, selling said tractor because you about wore it out and buying a replacement anyway. You are going to lose money on the worn out tractor too. You buy a dedicated loader tractor as others have recommended and hire/rent a dump truck. You get done in 1/4 the time and the loader tractor still has value. You sell it and buy yourself a farm tractor. being hard headed about it isn't going to make a 50HP tractor work any better. I have a very heavy built TLB with a 1 1/4 yard bucket on the front end. No way I'd try doing that job with it.
On another note, a lot of skip loaders and TLBs have a gear tranny but also has a shuttle shift too. It allows you to go from forward to reverse (sometimes mistakenly called a reverser) without clutching and most often are a lever that is in easy reach of the steering wheel. It's designed to save the wear and tear on a clutch during loader operations. They are pretty much bullet proof and have been for many years.
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